State of the world 2007
Subtitle: our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.
Contributors: Worldwatch Institute.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780393329230
Subjects: Sustainable development; Economic development -- Environmental aspects; Cities and towns -- Growth; Urbanization
Other titles: Our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.; Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: State of the world: A year in review / Lisa Mastny; title: An urbanizing world / Kai N. Lee; title: Timbuktu : greening the Hinterlands; title: Loja : ecological and healthy city; title: Providing clean water and sanitation / David Satterthwaite, Gordon McGranahan; title: Lagos : collapsing infrastructure; title: Farming the cities / Brian Halweil, Danielle Nierenberg; title: Freetown : urban farms after a war; title: Greening urban transportation / Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy; title: Los Angeles : end of sprawl; title: Melbourne: reducing a city's carbon emissions; title: Energizing cities / Janet L. Sawin, Kristen Hughes; title: Rizhao : solar-powered city; title: Malmö : building a green future; title: Reducing natural disaster risk in cities / Zoë Chafe; title: Jakarta : river management; title: Mumbai : policing by the people; title: Charting a new course for urban public health / Carolyn Stephens, Peter Stair; title: Nairobi : life in Kibera; title: Petra : managing tourism; title: Strengthening local economies / Mark Roseland with Lena Soots; title: Brno : Brownfield redevelopment; title: Fighting poverty and environmental injustice in cities / Janice E. Perlman with Molly O'Meara Sheehan.