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Description:The twenty-first century is already an urban one. Cities are pivotal to sustainability concerns globalization, climate change, food security, environmental protection, and innovation.Today's urban actors, both citizens and their leaders, have a major responsibility as trustees of the future: their present actions will influence the shape and structure of cities, so that the generation to come may live healthy and contended lives.This volume takes the reader straight to the heart of how cities work, and identifies contemporary trends, mechanism and tools that can influence current strategies and choices.The authors show that urbanization is not a problem per se for sustainable development, but rather that cities, in all their diversity and complexity, offer solutions as well as challenges.The reader will be inspired by vital analyses of the next decade s windows of opportunity for sustainable urban growth.Key Features:Papers by leading international experts and scholarsNew perspectives from 80 cities across five continentsMultiple maps, charts, timelines and thematic focus essaysA wealth of ideas for specialists and non-specialists alike (policy-makers, administrators, concerned citizens, development professionals, entrepreneurs, journalists, students and others)Contents: GENERAL OVERVIEWSustainable Development in 2009: A global perspective Cities: Steering towards sustainabilityPART I: ECONOMYGlobalization: An urban opportunity?World Class Cities: Hubs of globalizations and high financeSao Paolo: Is fragmentation ineluctable?PART II: ENVIRONMENTIndia: When urban lifestyle determine the climateRethinking the city: Combining its form and flowsAfrica: Improve both environmental and human healthThe city returns to its hinterlands for natural resourcesPART III: SOCIALAccess to water and access to the cityAfrica: Where and How to house urban citizensInsecurity and Segregation: Rejecting an urbanism of fearPART IV: GOVERNANCEInventing sustainable financing for citiesBridging the ecologies of cities and of natureWhen emerging cities set standardsCity Networks: Expressing their needs, building expertiseWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cities: Steering towards sustainability. To get started finding Cities: Steering towards sustainability, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 272

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Release: 2010

ISBN: 8179931315

Description: The twenty-first century is already an urban one. Cities are pivotal to sustainability concerns globalization, climate change, food security, environmental protection, and innovation.Today's urban actors, both citizens and their leaders, have a major responsibility as trustees of the future: their present actions will influence the shape and structure of cities, so that the generation to come may live healthy and contended lives.This volume takes the reader straight to the heart of how cities work, and identifies contemporary trends, mechanism and tools that can influence current strategies and choices.The authors show that urbanization is not a problem per se for sustainable development, but rather that cities, in all their diversity and complexity, offer solutions as well as challenges.The reader will be inspired by vital analyses of the next decade s windows of opportunity for sustainable urban growth.Key Features:Papers by leading international experts and scholarsNew perspectives from 80 cities across five continentsMultiple maps, charts, timelines and thematic focus essaysA wealth of ideas for specialists and non-specialists alike (policy-makers, administrators, concerned citizens, development professionals, entrepreneurs, journalists, students and others)Contents: GENERAL OVERVIEWSustainable Development in 2009: A global perspective Cities: Steering towards sustainabilityPART I: ECONOMYGlobalization: An urban opportunity?World Class Cities: Hubs of globalizations and high financeSao Paolo: Is fragmentation ineluctable?PART II: ENVIRONMENTIndia: When urban lifestyle determine the climateRethinking the city: Combining its form and flowsAfrica: Improve both environmental and human healthThe city returns to its hinterlands for natural resourcesPART III: SOCIALAccess to water and access to the cityAfrica: Where and How to house urban citizensInsecurity and Segregation: Rejecting an urbanism of fearPART IV: GOVERNANCEInventing sustainable financing for citiesBridging the ecologies of cities and of natureWhen emerging cities set standardsCity Networks: Expressing their needs, building expertiseWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cities: Steering towards sustainability. To get started finding Cities: Steering towards sustainability, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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