Cities people planet
Subtitle: urban development and climate change
By: Herbert Girardet.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chichester; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780470772706
Subjects: Urban ecology; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Sustainable architecture; Urban renewal
Table of contents: title: Big feet, small planet; title: In the beginning; title: From Rome to Edo; title: Technology : triumph and tragedy; title: Globalisation and megacity growth; title: Cities as eco-technical systems; title: Transport and the city; title: Creating liveable cities; title: Solar cities : from theory to practice; title: Towards zero waste; title: Using water efficiently; title: Relearning urban agriculture; title: Building ecopolis.