Green Cities : Urban Growth and the Environment /

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Rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl have heightened concern in many quarters about sustainable development. Are economic growth and environmental health always mutually exclusive goals? Nearly everyone would choose to pursue both given the chance, but many believe that it would be overly optimist...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2006.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Verstädterung > Umwelt.
Stadtökologie.
Groenvoorzieningen.
Stadsplanning.
Stadtentwicklung
Nachhaltigkeit
Umweltbelastung
Verstädterung
Stadterweiterung
Urbanization > Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Cities and towns > Growth.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Urban & Regional.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
urban environments.
Villes > Croissance.
Urbanisation > Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie urbaine.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Rapid urban growth and suburban sprawl have heightened concern in many quarters about sustainable development. Are economic growth and environmental health always mutually exclusive goals? Nearly everyone would choose to pursue both given the chance, but many believe that it would be overly optimisticperhaps naveto expect both.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (160 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780815748144

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