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Sustainable cities : urbanization and the environment in international perspective

Title
Sustainable cities : urbanization and the environment in international perspective / edited by Richard Stren, Rodney White, and Joseph Whitney.
Publication
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Stren, Richard E.
  • White, Rodney R.
  • Whitney, Joseph B.
Description
viii, 365 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
The idea of sustainability has become central to international dialogues on development. This study focuses on cities and examines the implications that urbanization has for the future of the environment. The contributors explain how the development of infrastructure and industries poses serious threats to the environment through the pollution of air, water and soil. Many urban governments are actively initiating programs to mitigate harmful environmental impacts, and the discussions show that some forms of urban settlement are more benign than others. To assess whether cities can be sustainable in environmental terms, this book brings together comprehensive studies of the urban experience in nine major countries and regions: the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia, China and Hong Kong, Africa, and Latin America. The chapters examine the meaning of sustainable development in a specific region, the growth and structure of urban systems, the effects of possible climatic changes on urban areas, the political environment within which cities operate, and the pressures caused by intense urban use of services and natural resources. Chapters conclude with policy proposals for increasing sustainability.
Subject
  • Urban ecology (Sociology)
  • Urbanization
  • Cities and towns > Growth
  • Urbanization
  • urban environments
  • urbanization
  • 71.14 urban society
  • Stadtökologie
  • Umwelt
  • Verstädterung
  • Kongress
  • Stadsplanning
  • Urbanisatie
  • Kongress
  • Umwelt
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-358) and index.
ISBN
  • 081338169X
  • 9780813381695
LCCN
91009085
OCLC
  • ocm23178129
  • 23178129
  • SCSB-1941826
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library