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Creating sustainable cities /

Girardet, Herbert.

Creating sustainable cities / Herbert Girardet. - 1st ed - Totnes, Devon : Published by Green Books for The Schumacher Society, 1999. - 77 p. ; 21 cm. - Schumacher briefings ; no. 2 . - Schumacher briefing ; no. 2. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 76-77).

1. Urban sustainability : a contradiction in terms? -- 2. Urbanisation and its impacts -- 3. Cities as superorganisms -- 4. Cities and their ecological footprint -- 5. The metabolism of cities -- 6. From urban sprawl to convivial cities -- 7. Prospects for urban farming -- 8. Smart cities and urban best practice -- 10. Principles and policies -- 10. A culture of sustainability.

1870098773 (pbk)

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Urban ecology (Sociology)
Cities and towns--Growth.
Sociology, Urban.
City planning.
Sustainable development.

HT241 / .G54 1999

711.421