State of the World Can a City Be Sustainable?

• Συλλογικό Έργο: Worldwatch Institute (Συγγραφέας), SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Σειρά: State of the World
• Θέματα: Environment.; Urban geography.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development.; Urban economics.; Sustainable Development.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Ecology.; Urban Economics.; Urbanism.

This volume first puts our current moment in context, tracing cities in the arc of human history. It also examines the basic structural elements of every city: materials and fuels; people and economics; and biodiversity. In part two, professionals working on some of the world’s most inventive urban...