Sustainable Urban Planning
Tipping the Balance
Format:Paperback
Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Published:6th Nov '03
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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. <
"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