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Creating sustainable cities / Herbert Girardet.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Schumacher briefing ; no. 2.Publication details: Totnes, Devon : Published by Green Books for The Schumacher Society, 1999.Edition: 1st edDescription: 77 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1870098773 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 711.421
LOC classification:
  • HT241 .G54 1999
Contents:
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.
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Books Books Centeral Library Second Floor - Engineering & Architecture 711.421 G.H.C 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10463

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.

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