Research Catalog

Title

Livable cities of the future : proceedings of a symposium honoring the legacy of George Bugliarello / Mohammad Karamouz and Thomas F. Budinger, editors.

Publication

• Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
• ©2014

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Additional Authors

• Karamouz, Mohammad
• Budinger, Thomas F.
• Bugliarello, George
• National Academy of Engineering, sponsoring body.

Description

xi, 160 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm

Summary

"At the beginning of the 20th century an estimated five percent of the world's population lived in cities. Today, half the world's population is urbanized. Urban sustainability is multifaceted and encompasses security, economics, environment and resources, health, and quality of life. It can be viewed as the intersection of two extremely complex and not yet fully understood processes, urbanization and global sustainability, which will increasingly overlap as urban populations continue to grow. Effective policies are critical for addressing urban sustainability, and must be politically realistic in deciding on appropriate balances, such as centralized versus decentralized systems, "soft" versus "hard" solutions, local versus regional focus, agriculture versus pollution, and free markets versus interventions."--Publisher's description.

Subject

• Sustainable urban development
• City planning > Environmental aspects
• Cities and towns > Forecasting

Note

• Livable Cities of the Future, a symposium honoring the legacy of George Bugliarello, was hosted October 26, 2012, by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available via the World Wide Web.

ISBN

• 9780309300094
• 0309300096

OCLC

• ocn880945581
• 880945581
• SCSB-5747580

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries