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Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the lives of microorganisms and galaxies; it shapes the capabilities of our extraordinarily large brains and the fortunes of our economies. Growth is manifested in annual increments of continental crust, a rising gross domestic product, a child's growth chart, the spread of cancerous cells. In this magisterial book, Vaclav Smil offers systematic investigation of growth in nature and society, from tiny organisms to the trajectories of empires and civilizations. Smil takes readers from bacterial invasions through animal metabolisms to megacities and the global economy. He begins with organisms whose mature sizes range from microscopic to enormous, looking at disease-causing microbes, the cultivation of staple crops, and human growth from infancy to adulthood. He examines the growth of energy conversions and man-made objects that enable economic activities--developments that have been essential to civilization. Finally, he looks at growth in complex systems, beginning with the growth of human populations and proceeding to the growth of cities. He considers the challenges of tracing the growth of empires and civilizations, explaining that we can chart the growth of organisms across individual and evolutionary time, but that the progress of societies and economies, not so linear, encompasses both decline and renewal. The trajectory of modern civilization, driven by competing imperatives of material growth and biospheric limits, Smil tells us, remains uncertain. --

Demography --- Economic growth --- Physiology: reproduction & development. Ages of life --- Cities and towns --- Civilization, Modern --- Economic development. --- Energy development. --- Growth. --- Human ecology. --- Population. --- Technology and civilization. --- Urban ecology (Sociology). --- BPB9999 --- BPB1911 --- Urban ecology (Sociology)

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Soft City begins with the big ideas of happiness and quality of life, and then shows how they are tied to the way we live. The heart of the book is highly visual and shows the building blocks for neighborhoods: building types and their organization and orientation; how we can get along as we get around a city; and living with the weather. As every citizen deals with the reality of a changing climate, Soft City explores how the built environment can adapt and respond. Soft City offers inspiration, ideas, and guidance for anyone interested in city building. Sim shows how to make any city more efficient, more livable, and better connected to the environment.

Sociology of environment --- Environmental planning --- Social geography --- Economic geography --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- urban sociology --- land use --- City planning --- Urban density --- Land use, Urban --- 711.4(C) --- Stedenbouw ; architectuur ; densiteit --- Stedenbouw ; ontwikkeling van een leefbare omgeving --- Urban land use --- Cities and towns --- Urban economics --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Urban population density --- Population density --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Civic planning --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Stedenbouw. Ruimtelijke ordening ; vormgeving en analyse van de stad --- Government policy --- Management --- 711.4 --- 711.6 --- 711.61 --- 711 --- 711.64 --- Stadsplanning --- Stedenbouw --- Publieke ruimte --- Ruimtelijke ordening --- Densiteit --- Verdichting --- City Planning --- Densité urbaine --- Mode de vie --- Perception de l'espace --- Planification urbaine --- City planning. --- Urban density. --- Land use, Urban. --- Sustainable urban development --- City and town life --- Urbanisme durable --- Urbanisme --- Vie urbaine --- Utilisation urbaine du sol --- Architecture --- infrastructure --- samenlevingsvormen --- Architectuur. --- Duurzame Stedenbouw. --- Stadsontwikkeling. --- Stadsvernieuwing.