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  • Urban Ecology

    A Natural Way to Transform Kids, Parks, Cities, and the World

    de Ken Leinbach ...
    With climate change in the news, an urban core that has reached boiling point, and many children growing up without role models and with limited dreams, where is hope?There is a quiet experiment in Milwaukee that is turning heads. It starts with the simplicity of getting a city kid exploring their neighborhood park. How is it that so much life, community, and opportunity can grow from this ... Leer más

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  • Smart City

    How to Create Public and Economic Value with High Technology in Urban Space

    Edición de Renata Paola Dameri, Camille Rosenthal-Sabroux ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive overview of the various aspects for the development of smart cities from a European perspective. It presents both theoretical concepts as well as empirical studies and cases of smart city programs and their capacity to create value for citizens. The contributions in this book are a result of an increasing interest for this topic, supported by both national ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • The Post-Growth Project

    How the End of Economic Growth Could Bring a Fairer and Happier Society

    Edición de John Blewitt ...
    This book challenges the assumption that it is bad news when the economy doesn’t grow. For decades, it has been widely recognized that there are ecological limits to continuing economic growth and that different ways of living, working and organizing our economies are urgently required. This urgency has increased since the financial crash of 2007–2008, but mainstream economists and politicians are ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • Climate Adaptation Santiago

    Edición de Kerstin Krellenberg, Bernd Hansjürgens ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book addresses the complexity of urbanization, impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation for the metropolitan region of Santiago de Chile, with a special focus on the most pressing issues of natural hazards, water and energy supply. The book exemplifies a conceptual approach for the development of adaptation measures, their evaluation and implementation in a decision support ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Smart Rules for Smart Cities

    Managing Efficient Cities in Euro-Mediterranean Countries

    Edición de Eleonora Riva Sanseverino, Raffaella Riva Sanseverino, Valentina Vaccaro, Gaetano Zizzo ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book explores the new rules and codes that are required in order to foster the implementation of smart city technologies with a view to meeting the environmental and energy challenges posed by dynamic contemporary cities with increasing populations. In particular, it proposes a methodological approach suitable for use when devising a smart urban/building code for local administrations, taking ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions

    Surviving the 21st Century Megatrends

    de John W. Day, Eric Roy, Matthew Moerschbaecher, David Pimentel, Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia, Charles Hall, Chris D'Elia ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book takes you on a unique journey through American history, taking time to consider the forces that shaped the development of various cities and regions, and arrives at an unexpected conclusion regarding sustainability. From the American Dream to globalization to the digital and information revolutions, we assume that humans have taken control of our collective destinies in spite of potholes ... Leer más

    $40.99 USD

  • Understanding and Managing Urban Water in Transition

    Edición de Quentin Grafton, Katherine A. Daniell, Céline Nauges, Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Noel Wai Wah Chan ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book examines changes and transitions in the way water is managed in urban environments. This book originated from a joint French-Australian initiative on water and land management held in Montpellier, France. The book delivers practical insights into urban water management. It links scientific insights of researchers with the practical experiences of urban water practitioners to understand ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Land Use Dynamics in a Developing Economy

    Regional Perspectives from India

    de Shahab Fazal ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Today, India still remains a rural agricultural country although the share of urban population has also increased but these figures do not tell the whole story. There are evidences that urban growth is dispersed and urban sprawl promotes the spread of urban land use into the rural-urban fringe.Here the attempt is to investigate the land transformation and the driving forces which were influencing ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Expert Systems in Environmental Planning

    Edición de Jeff R. Wright, Lyna L. Wiggins, Ravinder K. Jain, T.John Kim ...
    The connections between economics, planning, and the environment are receiv ing increased attention among scholars and policy makers in many countries. The common denominator among these three variables is the earth's life support sys tems, the ecosystems on which the world depends. When we describe our physi cal surroundings as a collection of possible uses, we are establishing linkages between ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Manual for Undertaking National Urban Assessments

    de Asian Development Bank ...
    Urbanization in Asia is expected to reach 55% by 2030 and 64% by 2050 to constitute 53% of the world's urban population and contribute half the world's gross domestic product. But as cities swell, they also struggle with environmental degradation, traffic congestion, inadequate urban infrastructure, and lack of basic civic services. This manual prepared by Urban Sector Group of the Asian ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Building Sustainable Cities of the Future

    Edición de Justin Bishop ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    This book draws upon the expertise of academic researchers, urban planners and architects to explore the challenge of building the sustainable cities of the future. It addresses this challenge by considering current cities and those of the near future, and creates a picture of the sustainable city from the bottom up.Individual chapters cover topics such as transport, energy supply, sustainable ... Leer más

    $143.99 USD

  • Ways Towards Sustainable Management of Freshwater Resources

    Annual Report 1997

    Series Libro 1997 - World in Transition
    atmosphere and vegetation. In what ways can key ural and cultural functions of water, primarily elements of the water balance and the hydrological through direct interference by agriculture and cycle be altered by climate change? To answer this through pollutant loads emanating from point and question, the Council presents an analysis in which non-point sources in settlements, the small business ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD