05113oam 2200673I 450 991081715820332120240418075648.01-315-68048-31-317-39731-210.4324/9781315680484 (CKB)3710000000421641(EBL)3569413(SSID)ssj0001573412(PQKBManifestationID)16226711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573412(PQKBWorkID)14840915(PQKB)10997167(MiAaPQ)EBC3569413(OCoLC)958106149(EXLCZ)99371000000042164120180706e20151969 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe quality of the urban environment essays on "new resources" in an urban age /edited by Harvey S. Perloff1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (349 p.)Routledge RevivalsFirst published in 1969 by Resources for the Future, Inc.1-138-93043-1 1-138-93036-9 Includes bibliographical references.""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 ""The papers in this volume, first published in 1969, are concerned with the urban environment - in which the majority of Americans live - or, more accurately, with the environment of urbanites, for the concern extends to outlying areas where urban dwellers visit and play. The chapters aim to provide a better understanding of the natural resource elements in the urban environment, and will be of interest to students of environmental studies and human geography.Routledge RevivalsCity planningUnited StatesUrban ecology (Sociology)United StatesEnvironmental policyUnited StatesCity planningUrban ecology (Sociology)Environmental policy333.7091732307.1216Perloff Harvey S33273MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817158203321The quality of the urban environment4048280UNINA