Sustaining Cities: Environmental Planning and Management in Urban Design

Name: Sustaining Cities: Environmental Planning and Management in Urban Design
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ISBN: 9780070383166

ISBN-10: 0070383162

ISBN-13: 9780070383166

Edition: 1999

Authors: Josef Leitmann

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In the year 2000, it is estimated that more than half the world's population will live in cities. This book offers an in-depth assessment of the environmental problems that the world's cities face.

Book details

List price: $69.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 7/27/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



List of Tables


Foreword


Acknowledgments


Abbreviations



Introduction



Thinking About the Urban Environment



Understanding Problems, Characteristics, and Underlying Causes



Can Urban Development Be Sustained?



The LEAP: A Framework for Urban Environmental Planning



Tools for Analysis and Planning



The LEAP Process in Action



Choosing Appropriate Management Options



Good Practice for Managing the Urban Environment



The Frontiers: Conclusions and Conundrums



Environmental Data for the World's 35 Largest Cities



Resources for the Urban Environment


Annex C: Training and Research Institutions


Index