Metropolitan Sustainability Understanding and Improving the Urban Environment

Critically reviews the fundamental issues and applied science, engineering and technology that will enable all cities to achieve a greater level of metropolitan sustainabilityWill assist nations in meeting the needs of their growing urban populationsChapters discuss urban land use, the environmental...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zeman, Frank
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK Woodhead Pub Ltd. 2012
Series:Woodhead Publishing series in energy
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • pt. I. Metropolitan sustainability : an introduction
  • pt. II. Earth : urban land use and the environmental impact of the built environment
  • pt. III. Wind : urban air pollution and emissions control
  • pt. IV. Water : urban water resources, reuse and management
  • pt. V. Fire : urban energy supply and management
  • pt. VI. Sustainable urban development, transport and planning