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Author Girardet, Herbert.

Title Cities, people, planet : urban development and climate change / Herbert Girardet
Edition Second edition
Published Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, [2008]
©2008

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 WATERFT ART&ARCH  307.1216 Gir/Cpp 2008  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 320 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm
Contents Ch. 1. Big Feet, Small Planet -- Ch. 2. In the Beginning -- Ch. 3. From Rome to Edo -- Ch. 4. Technology - Triumph and Tragedy -- Ch. 5. Globalisation and Megacity Growth -- Ch. 6. Cities as Eco-Technical Systems -- Ch. 7. Transport and the City -- Ch. 8. Creating Liveable Cities -- Ch. 9. Solar Cities - From Theory to Practice -- Ch. 10. Towards Zero Waste -- Ch. 11. Using Water Efficiently -- Ch. 12. Relearning Urban Agriculture -- Ch. 13. Building EcoPolis -- Ch. 14. Cities in the Age of Climate Change
Summary "Since its publication in 2001, Cities People Planet has established itself as the classic book on urbanisation. With this new edition, the text and ninety case studies of leading-edge city initiatives the world over have been supplemented by a new chapter that looks at how cities are constructively tackling climate change as the changes to both the biosphere and the atmosphere have become undisputed and as the depletion of natural resources are becoming a major constraint. Girardet discusses the work that has been done in established cities such as Heidelberg in Germany, Adelaide in Australia and Waking in the UK, as well as the pioneering efforts that are being undertaken in eco-cities such as Donglan, near Shanghai, where an entire metropolis is being built from scratch for half a million inhabitants."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Previous ed.: Chichester : Wiley-Academy, c2004
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-315) and index
Subject City planning.
Sustainable architecture.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban renewal.
LC no. 2008274677
ISBN 9780470772706 (paperback)
0470772700 (paperback)