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Building the Ecological City

By Rodney R. White

Book information

Publisher
Woodhead; CRC Press
Year
2002
ISBN
1855735318, 9781855735316, 0849313791, 9780849313790, 9781855738683
Open Library ID
OL3345066M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (15487883 bytes)
Pages
255\255
Topic
Biology Ecology
Library
Kingdwarf
Scanned
yes
Time added
2010-01-07 06:59:20

Description

Building the Ecological City puts forward solutions to the question - how can we build cities that provide an acceptable standard of living for their inhabitants without depleting the ecosystems and bio-geochemical cycles on which they depend? The book suggests and examines the concept of urban metabolism which characterizes the city as a set of interlinked systems of physical flows linking air, land, and water. A series of chapters looks at the production and management of waste, energy use and air emissions, water supply and management, urban land use, and air quality issues. Within the broader context of climate change, the book then considers a range of practical strategies for restoring the health of urban ecosystems from the remediation of 'brownfield' land to improving air quality and making better use of water resources

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