TY - BOOK ID - 69445043 TI - Sustainable Development : Policy and Urban Development - Tourism, Life Science, Management and Environment PY - 2012 SN - 9535152114 9535101005 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Urban development. KW - Cities and towns KW - Growth. KW - Growth, Urban KW - Sprawl, Urban KW - Urban development KW - Urban growth KW - Urban sprawl KW - Migration, Internal KW - Population KW - Vital statistics KW - Environmental policy & protocols UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69445043 AB - The technological advancement of our civilization has created a consumer society expanding faster than the planet's resources allow, with our resource and energy needs rising exponentially in the past century. Securing the future of the human race will require an improved understanding of the environment as well as of technological solutions, mindsets and behaviors in line with modes of development that the ecosphere of our planet can support. Sustainable development offers an approach that would be practical to fuse with the managerial strategies and assessment tools for policy and decision makers at the regional planning level. ER -