The  Key to Sustainable Cities
Subtitle: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780865714991
Subjects: Sustainability; Urban & municipal planning; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; Education; Politics / Current Events; Nature; Design - General; Development - Sustainable Development; Education / Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education
Description: "The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how yesterday's solutions have turned into the problems cities are facing today. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems. It helps communities understand the forces that support unsustainable systems, gives them new ways to look at problems, and outlines tools for designing new strategies to improve their environmental, economic, and social performance by using powerful local leverage points for change."--BOOK JACKET.