Green Cities - An A-to-Z Guide (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The SAGE Reference Series on Green Society: Toward a Sustainable Future-Series Editor: Paul Robbins
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	June 2011
Editors:	Nevin Cohen
Dimensions:	254 x 177 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	576
ISBN-13:	978-1-4129-9682-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	1-4129-9682-1
Barcode:	9781412996822

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