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Marina Alberti - Cities That Think Like Planets - 9780295996660 - V9780295996660
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Cities That Think Like Planets

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Description for Cities That Think Like Planets Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 64 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 64 b&w illus., 4 tables. BIC Classification: AMVD; JFSG; RNT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.

As human activity and environmental change come to be increasingly recognized as intertwined phenomena on a rapidly urbanizing planet, the field of urban ecology has risen to offer useful ways of thinking about coupled human and natural systems.

On the forefront of this discipline is Marina Alberti, whose innovative work offers a conceptual framework for uncovering fundamental laws that govern the complexity and resilience of cities, which she sees as key to understanding and responding to planetary change and the evolution of Earth. Bridging the fields of urban planning and ecology, Alberti describes a science of cities that work ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295996660
SKU
V9780295996660
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15

About Marina Alberti
Marina Alberti is professor of urban design and planning and director of the Urban Ecology Research Lab at the University of Washington.

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