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Planning for a sustainable future

By: Contributor(s): Language: eng. Publication details: London Spon Press 2001Description: xii,325p $2 4cmISBN:
  • 0415234085
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 333.72
Summary: Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners, this text provides a multi-disciplinary overview of sustainability issues in the land use context. Focuses on: principles and their application; the legal, political and policy context ; the implications of sustainable development thinking for housing, urban design and property development; waste and transport. Also considers how sustainable and unsustainable impacts can be measured and modelled.

Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners, this text provides a multi-disciplinary overview of sustainability issues in the land use context. Focuses on: principles and their application; the legal, political and policy context ; the implications of sustainable development thinking for housing, urban design and property development; waste and transport. Also considers how sustainable and unsustainable impacts can be measured and modelled.