Pathways to urban sustainability : research and development on urban systems : summary of a workshop

Pathways to urban sustainability : research and development on urban systems : summary of a workshop / Committee on the Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems, Science and Technology for Sustainability Program, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies ; [Daniel Schaffer and Derek Vollmer, rapporteurs].

"More than half of the world's people now live in cities. In the United States, the figure is 80 percent. It is worthwhile to consider how this trend of increased urbanization, if inevitable, could be made more sustainable. One fundamental shortcoming of urban research and programs is that...

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Corporate Authors: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems, Transitioning to Sustainability: The Challenges of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems
Other Authors: Schaffer, Daniel, 1950-, Vollmer, Derek
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Sustainable urban development > United States > Congresses.
City planning > United States > Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
City planning
Sustainable urban development
United States
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
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