State of the world 2007
Subtitle: our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780393329230
Subjects: Salud urbana; Economia urbana; Cities and towns; Crecimiento; Urbanization; Cidades (aspectos sanitários;crescimento e desenvolvimento); Growth; Ciudades y pueblos; Desenvolvimento sustentável; Urbanização; Urban health; Planejamento territorial urbano; Urbanización
Other titles: Our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society; Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
Description: Examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in, focusing on how those changes could create healthier, more peaceful urban areas in the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: State of the world: A year in review  -- Lisa Mastny -- An; title: 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.