Urban systems now house about half of the world's population, but determine some three quarters of the global econo
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Cities currently account for about two-thirds of the worlds annual energy consumption and about 70 percent of greenhous
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Sustainable Cities is about the challenges faced by our urban environments and how these can be met. Examining the built
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The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the develo
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Strategies for the city of tomorrow Life in the city is popular and creating liveable urban space is undoubtedly a pri
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In this book, Dr Cole Hendrigan examines the options for sustainable transport and land-use planning based on building h
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The UK population will reach 70 million by 2027. How will all these people get around? Is building more, wider roads rea
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This book provides a basic understanding and state-of-the-art of urban metabolism. Urban centres are increasingly challe
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Based on in-depth fieldwork in three cities, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar and Lusaka, this book provides a critical analysis
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The 20th century witnessed a massive growth in urban populations. In 1990, one-third of the world's people lived in
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