Via 150 signed articles, Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment. It identifies cities that have taken steps to become greener and discusses the strategies they have used; it also reviews broad concepts associated with green cities. Cities face enormous environmental challenges, and the entries in this volume, from case studies of greener cities to ...
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Via 150 signed articles, Green Cities: An A-to-Z Guide provides an overview of the key concepts that urban planners, policy makers, architects, engineers, and developers use to understand the sustainability dimensions of the urban environment. It identifies cities that have taken steps to become greener and discusses the strategies they have used; it also reviews broad concepts associated with green cities. Cities face enormous environmental challenges, and the entries in this volume, from case studies of greener cities to discussions of green urban design, infrastructure, and processes, can help us transform our cities into healthier, sustainable communities in which a growing urban population can thrive. Vivid photographs, searchable hyperlinks, numerous cross references, an extensive resource guide, and a clear, accessible writing style make the Green Society volumes ideal for classroom use as well as for research.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. 547 p. The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future-Series Editor: Paul Robbins. Audience: College/higher education; Professional and scholarly. LCCN 2011002869 Type of material Book Main title Green cities: an A-to-Z guide / general editor, Nevin Cohen. Published/Created Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2011. Description xxv, 547 p. : ill.; 26 cm. ISBN 9781412996822 (cloth) 9781412973816 (ebk) LC classification HT241. G735 2011 Related names Cohen, Nevin. LC Subjects Urban ecology (Sociology) Sustainable urban development. Urbanization--Environmental aspects. City planning--Environmental aspects. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 307.76
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