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Taking sustainable cities seriously : economic development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities
- Title
- Taking sustainable cities seriously : economic development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities / Kent E. Portney.
- Author
- Portney, Kent E.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2003], ©2003.
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- Description
- xiv, 284 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- American and comparative environmental policy
- Uniform Title
- American and comparative environmental policy.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-269) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Sustainability, Sustainable Economic Development, and Sustainable Communities: The Conceptual Foundations of Sustainable Cities -- 2. Measuring the Seriousness of Sustainable Communities -- 3. The Environment, Energy, and Sustainable Cities -- 4. The Economic Development Side of Sustainability: Growth versus Smart Growth -- 5. The Communitarian Foundations of Sustainable Cities: A Solution to the Tragedy of the Commons, the NIMBY Syndrome, and Transboundary Impacts? -- 6. Is a Sustainable City a More Egalitarian Place? Sustainable Communities, Environmental Equity, and Social Justice -- 7. Cities That Take Sustainability Seriously? A Profile of Eight Cities -- 8. Sustainable Cities in Practice: More Cities, More Questions.
- ISBN
- 026216213X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0262661322 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002071784
- OCLC
- ocm49903045
- SCSB-4322734
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries