LEADER 02983nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910823683203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-429-23632-8 010 $a1-283-84462-1 010 $a1-136-75300-1 010 $a0-203-82082-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203820827 035 $a(CKB)2670000000277304 035 $a(EBL)1075204 035 $a(OCoLC)821175801 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783386 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11491769 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783386 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10760296 035 $a(PQKB)10790960 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1075204 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1075204 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10629030 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415712 035 $a(OCoLC)823726941 035 $a(OCoLC)1112101507 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB139250 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000277304 100 $a20041210d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe green city $esustainable homes, sustainable suburbs /$fNicholas Low ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSydney $cUNSW Press ;$aAbingdon, Oxfordshire ;$aNew York $cRoutledge/Taylor & Francis$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-14151-8 311 $a0-415-37231-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [226]-236) and index. 327 $aFront Cover; The Green City; Copyright Page; Contents; Authors; Acknowledgments; 'Thoughts in a Garden' by Andrew Marvell; Chapter 1. What Does'Sustainability' Mean for Cities?; Chapter2. Sustainable Homes and Suburbs; Chapter3. Nature in the City; Chapter4. Sustainable Workplaces; Chapter5. Sustainable Transport; Chapter6. Making the Green City; Chapter 7. Green-Shaded Cities; Notes and references; Index 330 $aA team of city-building professionals explain in straightforward terms how the idea of ecological sustainability can be embodied in the everyday life of homes, communities and cities to make a better future.The book considers - and answers - three questions: What does the global agenda of sustainable development mean for the urban spaces where most people live, work and move? Can we keep what we love about suburban life and still save the environment? And what new methods of planning and building will be needed in the 21st century? Rejecting both economic and environmental or 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology) 606 $aSustainable development 606 $aUrban policy 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 615 0$aSustainable development. 615 0$aUrban policy. 676 $a307.1216 686 $a74.72$2bcl 700 $aLow$b Nicholas$0270788 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823683203321 996 $aThe green city$93918910 997 $aUNINA