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OverviewAlternative Urban Futures challenges existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms, processes, and technologies designed to fulfill human needs and limit the harmful impacts of human activities on the environment. The book focuses on how planners and policy makers can develop and manage essential urban infrastructures in ways that support sustainable development in the areas of waste management, water supply and management, energy production and use, building design and construction, land-use, transportation, and food systems. Each chapter features case studies that provide concrete examples of how ecologically and socially responsible urban and sustainable development planning and policy approaches have been successfully implemented in cities around the world. The book is especially effective in its emphasis on recently published statistics and writing supporting new planning and policy recommendations. Each chapter ends with a summary, accompanied by a list of questions that can be addressed with information provided in the text. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raquel PinderhughesPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780742523661ISBN 10: 0742523667 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 12 March 2004 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: Planning for Sustainable Urban Development Chapter 3 Urban Water Quality, Supply, and Management Chapter 4 Urban Solid Waste Disposal, Collection, and Management Chapter 5 Urban Energy Supply and Management Chapter 6 Urban Transportation Planning and Management Chapter 7 Urban Food Production Chapter 8 Towards Sustainable Development Planning in Cities Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 IndexReviewsA timely and informative contribution to the ongoing challenge to ensure that cities become part of the solution to the ever more burdensome impact of humans on the earth. The author has included a wealth of interesting detail in a style that is accessible to the general reader. - Rodney R. White, University of Toronto and author of Building the Ecological City Author InformationRaquel Pinderhughes is professor of urban studies and environmental studies at San Francisco State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |