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Reviving the city : towards sustainable urban development

Title
Reviving the city : towards sustainable urban development / Tim Elkin and Duncan McLaren with Mayer Hillman.
Author
Elkin, Tim.
Publication
London : Friends of the Earth with Policy Studies Institute, ©1991.

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Additional Authors
  • McLaren, Duncan, 1965-
  • Hillman, Mayer.
  • Friends of the Earth.
  • Policy Studies Institute.
Description
xii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Subject
  • Cities and towns
  • Human ecology
  • Cities
  • cities
  • human ecology
  • Stadtentwicklung
  • Stadtsanierung
  • Urban, regional and transport planning
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Tower blocks and housing problems; industrial complexes; traffic jams and dangerous roads; soulless city centres; polluted and unhealthy air. Cities have never been good for the environment and dealing with their impacts is not simple. This book shows that positive action is possible, despite the problems facing modern cities in the UK and elsewhere. The built environment. Transport. Energy. Green space and wildlife. Food -- production and supply. Waste and pollution. Society and economy. Synthesis. Policy recommendations.
ISBN
  • 090596683X
  • 9780905966830
OCLC
  • ocm21872637
  • 21872637
  • SCSB-1958232
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library