Future Cities
Subtitle: Dynamics and Sustainability (ALLIANCE FOR GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY SERIES Volume 1) (Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries)
Contributors: F. Moavenzadeh (Editor); Keisuke Hanaki (Editor); Peter Baccini (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: April 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781402005404
Subjects: Global warming; Business & Economics; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Economic Development; Sociology - Urban; New Towns Design And Planning; Political Science; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Forecasting; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science / Meteorology; Sustainable development; Cities and towns; Development - Economic Development; Technological innovations; City planning
First sentence: FOR at least 4000 years, cities have been centers of cultural, social, technological and economic innovation, inventions and their application, and political power.