Urban development for the 21st century : managing resources and creating infrastructure /
Urban planners around the world are increasingly concerned with creating and maintaining cities that are healthy for both the environment and for individuals. Cities are at the forefront of the trend toward sustainable living, since they are the site of concentrated population, resource use, and gre...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Jersey :
Apple Academic Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Urban planners around the world are increasingly concerned with creating and maintaining cities that are healthy for both the environment and for individuals. Cities are at the forefront of the trend toward sustainable living, since they are the site of concentrated population, resource use, and greenhouse gas emissions, yet also have the tools and the resources to address climate change and environmental degradation. Part of the modern urban planner's challenge is to impact individual behavior on a systemic, urban scale, since sustainable cities are made up of systems that encourage sustainab. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781771882583 1771882581 9781771882576 1771882573 9780429183805 0429183801 |