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Sustaining cities: environmental planning and management in urban design.

By: Language: English Publication details: London McGraw-Hill 1999Description: xx, 412p. ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0070383162
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 711.58
Summary: This is the first book to address, in one source, the bewildering variety of environmental problems that face world cities - and provide solutions to these problems. It offers sensible strategies and practical techniques for assessing, improving and managing such problems as air quality, urban waste, emissions, brownfields, environmental hazards and depletion of resources. These methods range from the well-established to the new and innovative, from environmental impact assessment to Earth Summit Agenda 21.

This is the first book to address, in one source, the bewildering variety of environmental problems that face world cities - and provide solutions to these problems. It offers sensible strategies and practical techniques for assessing, improving and managing such problems as air quality, urban waste, emissions, brownfields, environmental hazards and depletion of resources. These methods range from the well-established to the new and innovative, from environmental impact assessment to Earth Summit Agenda 21.

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