Binding: Paperback
Description: As the world becomes more urbanised solutions are required to solve current challenges for three arenas of sustainability: social sustainability environmental sustainability and urban economic sustainability. This edited volume interrogates innovative solutions for sustainability in cities around the world. The book draws on a group of 12 international case studies including Vancouver and Calgary in Canada San Francisco and Los Angeles in the US (North America) Yogyakarta in Indonesia Seoul in Korea (South - East Asia) Medellin in Colombia (South America) Helsinki in Finland Freiburg in Germany and Seville in Spain (Europe). Each case study provides key facts about the city presents the particular urban sustainability challenge and the planning innovation process and examines what trade - offs were made between social environmental and economic sustainability. Importantly the book analyses to what extent these planning innovations can be translated from one context to another. This book will be essential reading to students academics and practitioners of urban planning urban sustainability urban geography architecture urban design environmental sciences urban studies and politics.
Title: Global Planning Innovations For Urban Sustainability
Brand: Taylor & Francis Inc
Barcode: 9780815357575
Pages: 216 Pages, 8 Tables, Black And White; 7 Line Drawings, Black And White; 26 Halftones, Black And Whit
Publication Date: 11/12/2018
Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainability
Category: Urban & Municipal Planning