Pathways to urban sustainability : challenges and opportunities for the United States /

"Cities have experienced an unprecedented rate of growth in the last decade. More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, with the U.S. percentage at 80 percent. Cities have captured more than 80 percent of the globe's economic activity and offered social mobility and e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2016]
Temas:
Sustainable urban development > United States.
City planning > United States.
Urbanisme durable > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
City planning
Sustainable urban development
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: SUMMARY
  • Challenge of Urban Sustainability
  • Roadmap to Urban Sustainability
  • Lessons from City Profiles
  • Findings and Recommendations
  • 1. Introduction
  • Committee's Task
  • Committee Approach to Its Task
  • Structure of the Report
  • 2. Urban Sustainability Indicators And Metrics
  • Meta-review of Urban Sustainability Indicator Systems
  • Urban Sustainability Indicators and Metrics
  • Environmental Indicators
  • Economic Indicators
  • Social Indicators
  • Conclusions
  • 3. Principles Of Urban Sustainability: A Roadmap For Decision Making
  • Description of Principles
  • Building an Urban Sustainability Roadmap
  • Research and Development Needs
  • 4. City Profiles
  • Los Angeles
  • New York City
  • Vancouver
  • Philadelphia
  • Pittsburgh
  • Chattanooga
  • Grand Rapids
  • Cedar Rapids
  • Flint
  • Synthesis
  • 5. Path Forward: Findings And Recommendations
  • Findings and Recommendations
  • Conclusion
  • REFERENCES
  • APPENDIXES
  • A. Committee On Pathways To Urban Sustainability: Challenges And Opportunities: Biographical Information
  • B. Details For Urban Sustainability Indicators.

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