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Sustainable Urban Planning

Tipping the Balance

Robert Riddell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:6th Nov '03

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Sustainable Urban Planning introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability.

  • This timely text introduces the principles and practice behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability.
  • Reflects a growing recognition that cities, where the majority of humans now live, need to be developed in a sustainable way.
  • Weaves together the concerns of planning, capitalism, development, and cultural and environmental preservation.
  • Helps students and planners to marry the needs of the environment with the need for financial gain.
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"This book is a substantial and pragmatic advancement in Planning and its application to ecological Sustainability. Its urban focus provides lessons for all who wish to sustain our environment, but face the everyday realities of private development." Robert W. Collin, Associate Professor, University of Oregon, Department of Environmental Studies

ISBN: 9781405102902

Dimensions: 247mm x 174mm x 26mm

Weight: 624g

356 pages