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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461996703321

Titolo

Eco-cities : a planning guide / / edited by Zhifeng Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-429-19099-9

1-4398-8323-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (607 p.)

Collana

Applied ecology and environmental management

Altri autori (Persone)

YangZhifeng

Disciplina

307.1/416

Soggetti

Sustainable urban development

Urban ecology (Sociology)

City planning - Environmental aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1 - Eco-City Planning Theories and Thoughts; Chapter 2 - Integrated Urban Ecosystem Assessments; Chapter 3 - Planning of Ecological Spatial Systems; Chapter 4 - Planning of Industry System; Chapter 5 - Planning of Sustainable Energy and Air Pollution Prevention; Chapter 6 - Urban Water Environment Quality Improvement Plan; Chapter 7 - Eco-Habitat and Eco-Cultural System Planning; Chapter 8 - Urban Ecological Planning Regulation; Chapter 9 - Eco-City Guangzhou Plan; Chapter 10 - Eco-City Xiamen Plan

Chapter 11 - Eco-City Baotou PlanChapter 12 - Eco-City Wuyishan Plan; Chapter 13 - Eco-City Wanzhou Plan; Chapter 14 - Eco-City Jingdezhen Plan; Chapter 15 - Assessment of Sustainability for a City by Application of a Work Energy Balance and a Carbon Cycling Model; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

As cities undergo vast changes due to industrialization, urbanization, and globalization, environmental considerations assume a growing importance in the urban planning processes of an increasing number of governments around the world. Several cities and regions around the world have already enacted policies that signal the emergence of a paradigm of sustainability in eco-cities planning. Providing an overview



of urban ecosystem structure, function, and change, Eco-Cities: A Planning Guide addresses how to successfully accomplish eco-city planning that meets government requirements. It adds a