"Sustainable Urban Planning: Tipping the Balance" by Robert Riddell
Blackwell Publishers | 2004 | ISBN: 140510290X 1405102896 9781405102896 9781405102902 | 355 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability. Its publication reflects a growing recognition in the fields of planning and environmental studies that cities, where the majority of humans now live, need to be developed in a sustainable way.
The text takes a balanced approach, weaving together the concerns of planning, capitalism, development, and cultural and environmental preservation.
It helps students and planners to connect the needs of the environment with the need for financial gain.
Contents List of Boxes
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
Part I Principles
1 Sustainable and Ethical
2 Knowledge Power Outcomes: The Theory Fundamentals
Part II Practice
3 Charter for Conservation with Development
4 Growth Pattern Management
5 Urban Growth Management
6 Tipping the Balance
Bibliographical Retrospective
Notes
References
Index
with TOC BookMarkLinks
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