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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800162703321

Titolo

The quality of the urban environment : essays on "new resources" in an urban age / / edited by Harvey S. Perloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-315-68048-3

1-317-39731-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Routledge Revivals

Altri autori (Persone)

PerloffHarvey S

Disciplina

333.7091732

Soggetti

City planning - United States

Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States

Environmental policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1969 by Resources for the Future, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover            ""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page                 ""; ""Copyright Page                     ""; ""Original Title Page                          ""; ""Original Copyright Page                              ""; ""Preface              ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""1 A framework for dealing with the urban environment: introductory statement                                                                                   ""; ""Extending the concept of resources                                         ""

""The urban environment as a subsystem                                           """"Elements within the environmental system                                               ""; ""The urban environment and the environment of urbanites                                                             ""; ""Policy measures and a decision framework                                               ""; ""Elements to be covered                             ""; ""The natural environment                              ""; ""The spatial environment                              ""

""The transportation-utilities environment                                               """"The community-or-neighborhood environment                                                ""; ""The microenvironments                            ""; ""Indicators, accounts, and policy measures                                                ""; ""Final note                 ""; ""Appendix: Microenvironmental responses to changes in the urban environment                                                                                 ""

""2 Pollution and environmental quality                                            """"A materials balance approach                                   ""; ""Residuals



associated with energy conversion                                                  ""; ""Thermal power                    ""; ""Transportation                     ""; ""Industry and households                              ""; ""Residuals from materials processing and industrial production                                                                    ""

""Potential improvement through process change                                                   """"Residuals associated with final consumption: households                                                              ""; ""The whole sector-interdependencies                                         ""; ""Planning and policy                          ""; ""General considerations                             ""; ""Controls and environmental management                                            ""; ""Management planning                          ""

""Needed data and research                               ""