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UNINA9910822747103321 |
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Autore |
Abbott John <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Green infrastructure for sustainable urban design in Africa / / John Abbott |
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Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; ; N.Y., NY, : Earthscan, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-49138-4 |
1-283-45900-0 |
9786613459008 |
1-136-49139-2 |
0-203-13822-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (513 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sustainable urban development - Africa |
Sustainable urban development - Government policy - Africa |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - Africa |
City planning - Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Urban Development in Africa; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The failure of western intervention in Africa; Chapter 2 The evolution of urban development; Chapter 3 How modern urban infrastructure evolved; Chapter 4 Transferring the British infrastructure model to Africa; Chapter 5 Decentralisation and urban infrastructure; Chapter 6 Urbanisation in Ethiopia; Chapter 7 From engineering to infrastructure: changing the urban paradigm; Chapter 8 Rethinking urban development in Africa |
Chapter 9 A model for green infrastructureChapter 10 Green urban infrastructure in practice: mediating urban resource flows; Chapter 11 Green infrastructure and urban governance; Chapter 12 Building African cities for a sustainable future; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book shows for the first time how green infrastructure can work in an African urban context. On one level it provides a major rethinking of the role of infrastructure in urban society since the creation of |
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