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Green urbanism in Asia : the emerging green tigers /
The world is facing an age of scarcity which will challenge all cities to reduce their resource footprint, especially carbon, improve biodiversity and at the same time continue to create economic opportunities and liveable places. This is green urbanism. Asian urban growth is leading the world in th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
World Scientific,
©2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The world is facing an age of scarcity which will challenge all cities to reduce their resource footprint, especially carbon, improve biodiversity and at the same time continue to create economic opportunities and liveable places. This is green urbanism. Asian urban growth is leading the world in the rapidity of its change but how is it doing on green urbanism? This book finds emerging innovations and first signs of green urbanism in Asia and suggests they may be the guiding light for the rest of the world. The authors highlight seven archetypal cities exhibiting green urbanism: the renewable. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 243 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9814425478 9789814425476 9781299281271 1299281273 9789814425483 9814425486 |