Creating regenerative cities /
Girardet, Herbert
Creating regenerative cities / Herbert Girardet - Oxon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2014. - viii, 208 p.
Ch. 1. Introduction --
ch. 2. Agropolis, the city in its local landscape --
ch. 3. Living in Petropolis --
ch. 4. Petropolis goes global --
ch. 5. The urban metabolism --
ch. 6. Ecopolis, the regenerative city --
ch. 7. Case studies, part 1 --
ch. 8. Case studies, part 2.
"Large modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature. But while they take up only three to four percent of the world's land surface, their ecological footprints cover the entire globe. With current methods of resources use, cities are undermining the ecological basis of their own existence
9780415724463
Urban renewal
Sustainable urban development.
Urban renewal -- Environmental aspects.
307.1216 / GIR-C
Creating regenerative cities / Herbert Girardet - Oxon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2014. - viii, 208 p.
Ch. 1. Introduction --
ch. 2. Agropolis, the city in its local landscape --
ch. 3. Living in Petropolis --
ch. 4. Petropolis goes global --
ch. 5. The urban metabolism --
ch. 6. Ecopolis, the regenerative city --
ch. 7. Case studies, part 1 --
ch. 8. Case studies, part 2.
"Large modern cities have effectively declared their independence from nature. But while they take up only three to four percent of the world's land surface, their ecological footprints cover the entire globe. With current methods of resources use, cities are undermining the ecological basis of their own existence
9780415724463
Urban renewal
Sustainable urban development.
Urban renewal -- Environmental aspects.
307.1216 / GIR-C