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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sustainable transportation planning Sustainable transportation planning Jeffrey Tumlin "As transportations-related disciplines of urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban economics, and social policy have undergone major internal reform efforts in recent decades Writ… OL15946839W
Managing Environment and Cities for Sustainable Development Managing Environment and Cities for Sustainable Development Joshi, Jibgar Dr. The global economy defines the way we manage our cities. At the same time, the way we manage our cities has immense impact on the global environment, not to speak of climate change. This book is an a… OL16650039W
Compact cities Compact cities Rod Burgess,M. Jenks This new book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urba… OL19123058W
Counter-currents Counter-currents E. A. Pieterse "The City of Cape Town is heading for disaster and is already in deep crisis if one cares to look close enough. The recent proliferation of public construction, public squares and public housing alon… OL22395769W
Cities of change Cities of change Marc M. Angelil,Dirk Hebel "The research investigates the performance of cities in view of resource fluxes--the interplay and transformation of stocks and flows of resources according to changing parameters in time... stocks a… OL23227530W
Sun living Sun living Wil Mayhew Demonstrates a practical approach to creating neighborhoods where people enjoy a high quality of life while living within their fair share of the Earth's resources. Shows how a collaborative planning… OL24301188W
Localist movements in a global economy Localist movements in a global economy David J. Hess "The internationalization of economies and other changes that accompany globalization have brought about a paradoxical reemergence of the local. A significant but largely unstudied aspect of new loca… OL2631597W
Building homes for tomorrow Building homes for tomorrow Rob Bowden This series focuses on the environmental impact of resource-based industries around the world, today and in the future. How can the growing demand for raw materials be balanced with the increasingly … OL27063525W