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Quality of the Urban Environment : Essays on 'New Resources' in an Urban Age.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Florence :
Taylor and Francis,
2015.
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| Colección: | Routledge revivals.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover ; Half Title; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface ; Table of Contents; 1 A framework for dealing with the urban environment: introductory statement ; Extending the concept of resources ; The urban environment as a subsystem.
- Elements within the environmental system The urban environment and the environment of urbanites ; Policy measures and a decision framework ; Elements to be covered ; The natural environment ; The spatial environment ; The transportation-utilities environment.
- The community-or-neighborhood environment The microenvironments ; Indicators, accounts, and policy measures ; Final note ; Appendix: Microenvironmental responses to changes in the urban environment ; 2 Pollution and environmental quality ; A materials balance approach.
- Residuals associated with energy conversion Thermal power ; Transportation ; Industry and households ; Residuals from materials processing and industrial production ; Potential improvement through process change ; Residuals associated with final consumption: households.
- The whole sector-interdependencies Planning and policy ; General considerations ; Controls and environmental management ; Management planning ; Needed data and research ; 3 The three-dimensional city: contained urban space ; Some simple models.