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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Planning for Sustainable Urban Development | |
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| Development and the Environment | |
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| Paradigm Shifts | |
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| Urban Development | |
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| Sustainable Urban Development | |
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| Urban Water Quality, Supply, and Management | |
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| Water | |
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| Environmental and Social Impacts of Conventional Water Planning and Distribution Approaches | |
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| Groundwater | |
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| Large Diversion Schemes | |
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| Access to Sufficient and Clean Water Supply | |
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| Water Privatization | |
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| Conflicts over Water Resources | |
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| Shifting the Burden of Water Use | |
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| Inadequate and Poor Management of Water Resources | |
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| Moving Toward Sustainable Urban Water Management | |
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| Infrastructure Changes | |
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| Reducing Inefficiency and Overuse of Water in Households | |
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| Recapture and Reuse Water | |
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| Ecological Wastewater Treatment Strategies | |
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| Recognizing the True Cost of Water | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Questions | |
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| Urban Solid Waste Disposal, Collection, and Management | |
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| Solid Waste | |
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| Environmental and Social Impacts of Conventional Solid Waste Disposal Approaches | |
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| Open Pit Dumping and Burning | |
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| Landfills | |
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| Sanitary Landfills | |
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| Incineration | |
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| Sustainable Solid Waste Planning and Management | |
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| Creating a Sustainable Materials Economy | |
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| Materials Management and Resource Recognition | |
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| Waste Disposal Taxes and Refund Deposit Strategies | |
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| Subsidies and Incentives | |
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| Reprocessing/Materials Exchange | |
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| Household and Small Business Waste Reduction and Recycling | |
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| Household Waste Collection in Informal Settlements | |
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| Individual Recycled Material Collectors | |
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| A Cautionary Word about Recycling | |
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| Reducing Organic Waste Accumulation: Composting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Questions | |
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| Urban Energy Supply and Management | |
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| Energy | |
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| World Energy Mix | |
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| Environmental and Social Impacts of Fossil Fuel Dependency | |
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| The Fossil Fuel Regime | |
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| Green Building and Design | |
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| Appropriate Technologies | |
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| Improving Household Biomass Systems | |
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| Renewable Energy | |
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| Wind Energy | |
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| Solar Energy: Photovoltaic | |
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| Solar Energy: Thermal | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Questions | |
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| Urban Transportation Planning and Management | |
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| Transportation | |
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| Transportation Patterns in Developing Countries | |
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| Transportation Patterns in Industrialized Countries | |
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| Environmental and Social Impacts of Automobile Dependency | |
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| How the Transportation Infrastructure Promotes and Supports Automobile Use | |
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| Problems with Automobile Dependency | |
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| Sustainable Urban Transportation Planning | |
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| Increasing Mass Transit Options and Mass Transit Ridership | |
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| Increasing the Role of Bicycles | |
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| Increasing the Role of Workbikes and Cycle Rickshaws | |
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| Creating Pedestrian-Friendly Infrastructures | |
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| Alternative Automotive Systems, Fuels, and Designs | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Questions | |
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| Urban Food Production | |
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| Food | |
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| Environmental and Social Impacts of Industrial Agriculture and Corporate Food Systems | |
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| The Connection between Food and Other Planning Concerns | |
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| Urban Agriculture | |
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| Ancient Traditions and Current Practices | |
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| Incorporating Urban Agriculture and Food-Related Issues into Urban Planning Concerns | |
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| Multiple Benefits of Urban Agriculture: Waste Reduction, Soil Health, Public Health | |
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| Food Production in Cities | |
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| Urban Agriculture in Africa | |
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| Urban Agriculture in Asia and Southeast Asia | |
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| Urban Agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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| Urban Agriculture in Europe, Canada, and the United States | |
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| The Role of Urban Authorities | |
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| Planning and Development to Support Sustainable Urban Food Production | |
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| Summary | |
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| Chapter Questions | |
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| Toward Sustainable Development Planning in Cities | |
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| Alternative Urban Futures | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |