11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Sustainable and Efficient Transport
Edited by Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Suvi Sankari, Anu Bask
The EU Commission has set the goal of facilitating a competitive transport system, increasing mobility and supporting growth while simultaneously reaching a target of 60 per cent emissions reductions by 2050. In light of past performance...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport
Edited by Marta Villar Ezcurra, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor, Mikael Skou Andersen
As populations become increasingly concentrated in urban centres and mega cities, while demands on transportation continue to grow, the question of how to mitigate the environmental footprint of these trends is ever more pressing. This c...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities
Edited by Richard D. Knowles, Fiona Ferbrache
This book provides new dimensions and a contemporary focus on sustainable transport, urban regeneration and development in eight countries spanning four continents at different stages of development. It examines the role of transit orien...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Developing Bus Rapid Transit
Edited by Fiona Ferbrache
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is a popular mode of sustainable public urban transit given dedicated focus in this timely collection. The effects of BRT are examined in-depth through a range of case studies from cities across six continents, in...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Water Supply in a Mega-City
Michael Webber, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, Mark Wang
With the increasing threat of depleted and contaminated water supplies around the world, this book provides a timely and much needed analysis of how cities should manage this precious resource. Integrating the environmental, economic, po...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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How Great Cities Happen
John Stanley, Janet Stanley, Roslynne Hansen
Urban planners in developed countries are pushing hard for closer integration of land use and transport. At the same time, gaps in knowledge and understanding are becoming more apparent, as the traditional focus has been on the shape of ...eBook:Find out more$42.36
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The Water-Sustainable City
David L. Feldman
Cities place enormous pressures on freshwater quality and availability because they are often located some distance from the water sources needed by their populations. This fact compels planners to build infrastructure to divert water fr...eBook:Find out more$37.56
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Sustainable Innovation and Regional Development
Edited by Leïla Kebir, Olivier Crevoisier, Pedro Costa, Véronique Peyrache-Gadeau
This book questions the way contemporary innovation processes develop and become embedded in territories. It analyses recent developments in territorial systems of production, networks of innovation and innovative milieus, with regard to...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Settlements at the Edge
Edited by Andrew Taylor, Dean B. Carson, Prescott C. Ensign, Lee Huskey, Rasmus O. Rasmussen, Gertrude Saxinger
Settlements at the Edge examines the evolution, characteristics, functions and shifting economic basis of settlements in sparsely populated areas of developed nations. With a focus on demographic change, the book features theoretical and...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Cities and Partnerships for Sustainable Urban Development
Edited by Peter Karl Kresl
Over the past two decades, sustainability has become a principal concern for city administrators. It is a more than just environmental entailing economic, demographic, governance, social, and amenity aspects. After a short introduction t...eBook:Find out more$40.00
