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Sustainable Cities at the Dawn of the Millennium
Voula Mega
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Description for Sustainable Cities at the Dawn of the Millennium
Hardback. This book offers a thorough view of the challenges facing cities regarding growth, governance, institutions, infrastructures, environmental well-being, social integration, science, culture, urban renaissance, planning, local democracy and citizenship. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNF; RNU; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1220.
At the dawn of the third millennium, planet Earth entered a zone of turbulence. The 2008 crisis added economic uncertainty to the threat of global warming and extreme events such as droughts, floods and cyclones, the persisting crisis of p- erty and the spectrum of pandemics and terrorism. Against this global landscape in an era of fragility, cities, already sheltering more than half of humankind, appear as Janus-faced realities, the best and worst of places, vulnerable but still full of hope and will to overcome the crisis of societal values and progress in the path of susta- able development. This ... Read more
At the dawn of the third millennium, planet Earth entered a zone of turbulence. The 2008 crisis added economic uncertainty to the threat of global warming and extreme events such as droughts, floods and cyclones, the persisting crisis of p- erty and the spectrum of pandemics and terrorism. Against this global landscape in an era of fragility, cities, already sheltering more than half of humankind, appear as Janus-faced realities, the best and worst of places, vulnerable but still full of hope and will to overcome the crisis of societal values and progress in the path of susta- able development. This ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441960368
SKU
V9781441960368
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Ref
99-15
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