How green is the city? : sustainability assessment and the management of urban environments

How green is the city? : sustainability assessment and the management of urban environments / edited by Dimitri Devuyst, with Luc Hens and Walter De Lannoy.

This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Devuyst, Dimitri, Hens, Luc, 1951-, Lannoy, W. de
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Sustainable development.
Urban economics > Social aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban ecology (Biology)
sustainable development.
urban environments.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Sustainable Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
NATURE > Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Sustainable development
Urban economics > Social aspects
Haushalt
Humanökologie
Kommunalpolitik
Nachhaltigkeit
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Umweltverträglichkeit
Aufsatzsammlung
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Description
Summary:This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 457 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231518024
0231518021
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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