LEADER 05113oam 2200673I 450 001 9910817158203321 005 20240418075648.0 010 $a1-315-68048-3 010 $a1-317-39731-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315680484 035 $a(CKB)3710000000421641 035 $a(EBL)3569413 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001573412 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16226711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001573412 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14840915 035 $a(PQKB)10997167 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3569413 035 $a(OCoLC)958106149 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000421641 100 $a20180706e20151969 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe quality of the urban environment $eessays on "new resources" in an urban age /$fedited by Harvey S. Perloff 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge Revivals 300 $aFirst published in 1969 by Resources for the Future, Inc. 311 $a1-138-93043-1 311 $a1-138-93036-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""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 "" 327 $a""Needed data and research "" 330 $aThe papers in this volume, first published in 1969, are concerned with the urban environment - in which the majority of Americans live - or, more accurately, with the environment of urbanites, for the concern extends to outlying areas where urban dwellers visit and play. The chapters aim to provide a better understanding of the natural resource elements in the urban environment, and will be of interest to students of environmental studies and human geography. 410 0$aRoutledge Revivals 606 $aCity planning$zUnited States 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zUnited States 606 $aEnvironmental policy$zUnited States 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 615 0$aEnvironmental policy 676 $a333.7091732 676 $a307.1216 701 $aPerloff$b Harvey S$033273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817158203321 996 $aThe quality of the urban environment$94048280 997 $aUNINA