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Autore: | Portney Kent E |
Titolo: | Taking sustainable cities seriously : economic development, the environment, and quality of life in american cities / / Kent E. Portney |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2013 |
Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xvi, 380 p |
Disciplina: | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development - United States |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States | |
Urban policy - United States | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Conceptual Foundations of Sustainable Cities -- 2 Measuring the Seriousness of Sustainable Cities -- 3 The Environment, Energy, and Sustainability in Cities -- 4 The Economic Development Side of Sustainability -- 5 Communitarian and Participatory Foundations of Sustainable Cities -- 6 Is a Sustainable City a More Egalitarian Place? -- 7 The Implementation of City Sustainability Policies -- 8 Sustainability in the "Big Five" US Cities -- 9 The Medium-Sized Cities That Take Sustainability Seriously -- 10 Sustainability Approaches and Results in Three Smaller Cities -- 11 Why Some Cities Take Sustainability More Seriously Than Others -- 12 Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously -- Notes -- References -- Index -- American and Comparative Environmental Policy. |
Sommario/riassunto: | A theoretically driven comparison of sustainability programs in American cities, updated with the latest research and additional case studies. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Taking sustainable cities seriously |
ISBN: | 0-262-31235-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823686203321 |
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