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State of the world 2015 : confronting hidden threats to sustainability / / Gary Gardner, Tom Prugh, and Michael Renner, project directors ; Lisa Mastny, editor
| State of the world 2015 : confronting hidden threats to sustainability / / Gary Gardner, Tom Prugh, and Michael Renner, project directors ; Lisa Mastny, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : Island Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
| Disciplina | 320.58 |
| Collana | State of the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Sustainable development - Political aspects
Sustainable development - Social aspects Environmental responsibility |
| ISBN | 1-61091-611-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. The Seeds of Modern Threats \ Michael Renner -- 2. Energy, Credit, and the End of Growth \ Nathan John Hagens -- 3. The Trouble with Growth \ Peter A. Victor and Tim Jackson -- 4. Avoiding Stranded Assets \ Ben Caldecott -- 5. Mounting Losses of Agricultural Resources \ Gary Gardner -- 6. The Oceans: Resilience at Risk \ Katie Auth -- 7. Whose Arctic Is it? \ Heather Exner-Pirot. - 8. Emerging Diseases from Animals \ Catherine C. Machalaba, Elizabeth H. Loh, Peter Daszak, and William B. Karesh -- 9. Migration as a Climate Adaption Strategy \ Françios Gemenne -- 10. Childhood's End \ Tom Prugh. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299425903321 |
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State of the World 2016 : Can a City Be Sustainable? / / by Worldwatch Institute
| State of the World 2016 : Can a City Be Sustainable? / / by Worldwatch Institute |
| Autore | Worldwatch Institute |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (Approx. 300 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.927 |
| Collana | State of the World |
| Soggetto topico |
Environment
Urban geography Urban ecology (Biology) Urban economics City planning Environment, general Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns) Urban Ecology Urban Economics Urbanism |
| ISBN | 1-61091-756-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Foreword -- World's Cities at a Glance -- Part I: Cities as Human Constructs -- 1. Imagining a Sustainable City -- 2. Cities in the Arc of Human History: A Materials Perspective -- 3. The City: A System of Systems -- 4. Toward a Vision of Sustainable Cities -- 5. The Energy Wildcard: Possible Energy Constraints to Further Urbanization -- Part II: The Urban Climate Challenge -- 6. Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Scope of the Challenge -- 7. Urbanism and Global Sprawl -- City View: Shanghai, China -- 8. Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Buildings -- City View: Freiberg, Germany -- 9. Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Crisis of Opportunity -- City View: Melbourne, Australia -- 10. Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy in Cities Possible?- City View: Vancouver, Canada -- 11. Supporting Sustainable Transportation -- 12. Urban Transport and Climate Change -- City View: Singapore -- 13. Source Reduction and Recycling of Waste -- City View: Ahmedabad and Pune, India -- 14. Solid Waste and Climate Change -- City View: Barcelona, Spain -- 15. Rural-Urban Migration, Lifestyles, and Deforestation -- Part III: Politics, Equity, and Livability -- 16. Remunicipalization, the Low-Carbon Transition, and Energy Democracy -- City View: Portland, Oregon, United States -- 17. The Vital Role of Biodiversity in Urban Sustainability -- City View: Jerusalem, Israel -- 18. The Inclusive City: Urban Planning for Diversity and Social Cohesion -- City View: Durban, South Africa -- 19. Urbanization, Inclusion, and Social Justice -- Notes -- Index. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253905603321 |
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| Washington, DC : , : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : , : Imprint : Island Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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