The city as fulcrum of global sustainability /

This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-first century global woes by looking to the city as the fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yanarella, Ernest J.
Otros Autores: Levine, Richard S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York, N.Y. : Anthem Press, 2011.
Colección:Anthem environmental studies.
Temas:
Appropriate technology.
Sociology, Urban.
Sustainable urban development.
Sustainability.
Cities and towns > Case studies.
Sustainable development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Technologie appropriée.
Sociologie urbaine.
Urbanisme durable.
Durabilité de l'environnement.
Villes > Études de cas.
Développement durable.
Écologie urbaine.
appropriate technology.
urban sociology.
sustainable development.
urban environments.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns.
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Does sustainable development lead to sustainability?
  • The sustainable cities manifesto
  • Variations on a "green" theme : overcoming semantics in the sustainability debate
  • Don't pick the low-hanging fruit?
  • From the city to the city-region : the sustainable area budget, rural partnerland, and the sustainability engine
  • The sustainable city game as a game and a tool of urban design
  • Urban dreams of global sustainability
  • The promise and pitfalls of Chattanooga's entrepreneurial "sustainability" strategy
  • Sustainability comes to Okotoks, Alberta
  • Vienna's Westbahnhof sustainable urban implantation-city-as-a-hill
  • The success of SUCCESS : the Chinese village as catalyst of future Chinese sustainable cities
  • The long march to sustainability in China
  • Conclusion taking the road less traveled.

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