LEADER 04429oam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910824562503321 005 20190503073413.0 010 $a0-262-31410-X 010 $a1-299-35603-6 010 $a0-262-31409-6 024 8 $a40022124734 035 $a(CKB)2550000001016626 035 $a(EBL)3339592 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860216 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12400813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860216 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10897822 035 $a(PQKB)10697790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339592 035 $a(OCoLC)833161666$z(OCoLC)923251991$z(OCoLC)960199328$z(OCoLC)961571661$z(OCoLC)962652415$z(OCoLC)988458516$z(OCoLC)991927767$z(OCoLC)1030625982$z(OCoLC)1037924602$z(OCoLC)1038695420$z(OCoLC)1045498413$z(OCoLC)1055335277$z(OCoLC)1066505079$z(OCoLC)1081292346 035 $a(OCoLC-P)833161666 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9513 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339592 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676905 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL466853 035 $a(OCoLC)833161666 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001016626 100 $a20130328d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe environmental advantages of cities $ecountering commonsense antiurbanism /$fWilliam B. Meyer 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cMIT Press$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aUrban and industrial environments 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-51846-5 311 $a0-262-01904-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Ecological Disruption""; ""3 Resource Consumption""; ""4 Pollution""; ""5 Natural Hazards""; ""6 Technological Hazards""; ""7 Infectious Disease""; ""8 Human Habitat""; ""9 Conclusion""; ""Appendix A""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Urban and Industrial Environments""; ""Index"" 330 $aConventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating harmful emissions precisely where the population is most concentrated. Cities appear to be particularly vulnerable to natural disasters, to be inherently at risk from outbreaks of infectious diseases, and even to offer dysfunctional and unnatural settings for human life. In this book, William Meyer tests these widely held beliefs against the evidence. Borrowing some useful terminology from the public health literature, Meyer weighs instances of "urban penalty" against those of "urban advantage." He finds that many supposed urban environmental penalties are illusory, based on commonsense preconceptions and not on solid evidence. In fact, greater degrees of "urbanness" often offer advantages rather than penalties. The characteristic compactness of cities, for example, lessens the pressure on ecological systems and enables resource consumption to be more efficient. On the whole, Meyer reports, cities offer greater safety from environmental hazards (geophysical, technological, and biological) than more dispersed settlement does. In fact, the city-defining characteristics widely supposed to result in environmental penalties do much to account for cities' environmental advantages. As of 2008 (according to U.N. statistics), more people live in cities than in rural areas. Meyer's analysis clarifies the effects of such a profound shift, covering a full range of environmental issues in urban settings. 410 0$aUrban and Industrial Environments 606 $aUrban ecology (Sociology) 606 $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aSustainable urban development 606 $aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects 610 $aENVIRONMENT/General 615 0$aUrban ecology (Sociology) 615 0$aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aSustainable urban development. 615 0$aClimatic changes$xSocial aspects. 676 $a307.76 700 $aMeyer$b William B.$0276411 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824562503321 996 $aThe environmental advantages of cities$94052620 997 $aUNINA