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The city as fulcrum of global sustainability
Title:
The city as fulcrum of global sustainability
Author:
Yanarella, Ernest J.
ISBN:
9780857287724

9780857284006
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Publication Information:
London ; New York, N.Y. : Anthem Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxi, 285 p.) : ill., maps.
Series:
Anthem environmental studies

Anthem environmental studies.
Contents:
Does sustainable development lead to sustainability? -- The sustainable cities manifesto -- Variations on a "green" theme : overcoming semantics in the sustainability debate -- Don't pick the low-hanging fruit? -- From the city to the city-region : the sustainable area budget, rural partnerland, and the sustainability engine -- The sustainable city game as a game and a tool of urban design -- Urban dreams of global sustainability -- The promise and pitfalls of Chattanooga's entrepreneurial "sustainability" strategy -- Sustainability comes to Okotoks, Alberta -- Vienna's Westbahnhof sustainable urban implantation-city-as-a-hill -- The success of SUCCESS : the Chinese village as catalyst of future Chinese sustainable cities -- The long march to sustainability in China -- Conclusion taking the road less traveled.
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