Cities and the culture of sustainability

Girardet, H

Cities and the culture of sustainability - 2001 - Urban Design Quarterly (78) Spring 2001, 22-25(4) .

Urbanisation and the growing size of modern cities in terms of population and physical scale has prompted the international community to consider the issue of urban sustainability. Article describes a number of ways in which cities can achieve sustainability. Areas of discussion include reducing environmental impact, pursuing a circular metabolism with lower inputs and outputs, and adopting new initiatives such as urban agriculture. Diagrams.


CITIES
URBANISATION
URBAN GROWTH
AGRICULTURE
Sustainability
WASTE MANAGEMENT
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT