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This thought-provoking and practical book will become essential reading for urban planners and managers both as an influential source of ideas and as inspiration for action. Urban environmental management fills an important gap in today's literature by offering planners and urban decision-makers an account of the disturbing dynamics of environmental change in relation to cities. It shows how the new environmental crisis for cities and the traditional crises have a shared origin - that is, short-term localised planning, which considers a problem deferred or displaced as a problem solved. Now planners - like other decision-makers - are having to take a much longer-term view, one which takes into account the rights of future generations and places the urban system in its global and environmental context. Rodney White considers what difference this new environmental crisis makes to urban planning; the key physical functions of the city that react critically with the environment; how poor environmental quality relates to inequity in the city, and why the improvement of one requires the improvement of the other.
Cities and towns--Environmental aspects --- Ecologie [Stedelijke ] --- Ecology [Urban ] --- Stedelijke ecologie --- Steden--Ecologie --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Villes--Ecologie --- Écologie urbaine --- City planning --- -Environmental management. --- 711.4 --- 911.375 --- 504.06 --- Cities and towns --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Environmental aspects. --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities --- Protection of the environment. Management of environmental quality --- Environmental aspects --- Government policy --- 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Environmental management --- Urban ecology (Sociology)
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If the modern city is a monument to anything, it is a monument to man's inefficiency. Our cities are plagued by problems of congestion, waste, and pollution that deplete natural resources, damage the environment and reduce the quality of life of citizens.The irony is, as this fascinating new study shows, that it doesn't have to be like this.Building the ecological city describes the problems we face and puts forward solutions to the question - how can we build cities that provide an acceptable standard of living for their inhabitants without depleting the ecosystems and bio-geo
City planning --- Sustainable development --- Urban ecology (Sociology) --- 502.3 --- 711.4.093.86 --- 502.3 Nature and society. Nature conservation and protection in general --- Nature and society. Nature conservation and protection in general --- 711.4.093.86 Stadsplanning: bewoonbaarheid van steden --- Stadsplanning: bewoonbaarheid van steden --- Cities and towns --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Environmental aspects --- Sustainable development. --- Environmental aspects.
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Rodney White's clearly written, accessible book describes the basic scientific changes taking place in the environment in ways that can be understood by non-scientists.
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If the modern city is a monument to anything, it is a monument to man's inefficiency. Our cities are plagued by problems of congestion, waste, and pollution that deplete natural resources, damage the environment and reduce the quality of life of citizens. The irony is, as this fascinating new study shows, that it doesn't have to be like this. Building the ecological city describes the problems we face and puts forward solutions to the question - how can we build cities that provide an acceptable standard of living for their inhabitants without depleting the ecosystems and bio-geochemical cycles on which they depend? The book suggests and examines the concept of urban metabolism in which the city is characterized as a set of interlinked systems of physical flows linking air, land and water. A series of chapters looks at the production and management of waste, energy use and air emissions, water supply and management, urban land use and air quality issues. Within the broader context of climate change, the book then considers a range of practical strategies for restoring the health of urban ecosystems from the restoration of 'brownfield' land to productive use through to improving air quality and making better use of water resources Building the ecological city is a major contribution to better urban management and planning for both citizens and the environment and is an invaluable sourcebook for urban and national planners, architects and environmental agencies. Authoritative review of the environmental impact of modern citiesSeeks to identify a viable model for urban living in relation to all the resources - land, air and water, upon which cities depend but currently tend to deplete or destroyEssential reading for urban planners, architects, local and national government officers, environmental agencies worldwide and students of ecology and environmental sciences.
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Geodesy. Cartography --- Geographical perception. --- Geografie --- Sociale geografie --- Maatschappij. --- Geographical perception --- Environmental perception --- Maps, Mental --- Mental maps --- Perceptual cartography --- Perceptual maps --- Perception --- Orientation (Psychology) --- Space perception
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Perception géographique. --- Perception géographique. --- Geographie de la perception
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