The quality of the urban environment : essays on "new resources" in an urban age / / edited by Harvey S. Perloff

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.7091732; 307.1216
• Soggetto topico: City planning - United States; Urban ecology (Sociology) - United States; Environmental policy - United States
• Altri autori: PerloffHarvey S
• Note generali: First published in 1969 by Resources for the Future, Inc.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 ""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The quality of the urban environment
• ISBN: 1-315-68048-3; 1-317-39731-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817158203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Revivals