Sustainable Cities Regional Development and Public Policy Series 1st edition by Graham Haughton, Colin Hunter 9780117023741 0117023744

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ISBN 10: 0117023744
ISBN 13: 9780117023741 
Author: Graham Haughton, Colin Hunter

This book addresses the growing interest in urban challenges related to sustainable development and environmental change. It explores various problems of urban environmental degradation as well as the role of cities in achieving global sustainability. Key topics include the impact of urbanization on environmental issues, the interconnectedness of the global economy and its implications for cities, and the necessity for a paradigm shift in urban development towards more sustainable practices.

Sustainable Cities Regional Development and Public Policy Series 1st Table of contents:

PART A SUSTAINABILITY AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
1.1 CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL
1.2.1 Cities
1.2.2 Urban environment
1.2.3 Sustainable development
1.2.4 Sustainable urban development
1.3 SUMMARY: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY AND GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCIES
DISCUSSION POINTS
2.1.1 Introduction
2.1.2 Population growth
2.1.3 The changing function of the city in the global economy and global ecology
2.2.1 The contemporary forces of urban growth and urbanisation
2.2.2 Migration and cities
2.2.3 Agglomeration economies and diseconomies
2.3 EXTERNALITIES AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT
2.4.1 Big is beautiful?
2.4.2 Flexibility is beautiful?
2.4.3 Small is beautiful
2.5.1 For and against very large cities
2.5.2 Very large cities: optimum size and regional planning
2.6 CONCLUSIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DISCUSSION POINTS

CHAPTER THREE Inside the Social City Region
3.1 URBAN DENSITY AND URBAN SPRAWL
3.1.1 Against high-density living
3.1.2 For high-density living
3.1.3 Against low-density living
3.1.4 For low-density living
3.1.5 Policies for raising urban population densities
3.2.1 The case for a reversion to mixed land uses
3.2.2 Energy, transport and urban form
3.3 SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
3.4.1 The rise and fall of large-scale, large-grained plans
3.4.2 Bad buildings and designing against nature
3.4.3 Building better

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