Title:
Urban sustainability in the context of global change : towards promoting healthy and green cities
Publication Information:
New Hampshire, NH : Science Publishers, 2001
ISBN:
9781578081660
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Summary
Summary
An explanation of both the issues and the processes underlying urban sustainability in the context of global change, and the strategy of promotion of healthy and green cities in the world.
Table of Contents
Preface | p. v |
List of Contributors | p. ix |
1. Global Environmental Change: The Singapore Response | p. 1 |
2. Social Sustainability in the Western Australian Urban System: State Planning Strategies to 2029 | p. 17 |
3. Sources of Air Pollution Emissions in Selected Metropolitan Cities of India | p. 29 |
4. Managing Urban Environmental Pollution | p. 49 |
5. Solid Waste Management--What's The Malaysian Position? | p. 63 |
6. Network Management and the Planning of Mainports in the Netherlands | p. 101 |
7. Environmental and Spatial Aspects of Urban Development in the Lodz Agglomeration | p. 119 |
8. Dynamics of Urban Land Use in Terms of Land Prices; Comparative Analysis of Major Cities in, U.S.A., Europe and Japan--Chicago, London, Duesseldorf, Sapporo and Osaka-- | p. 135 |
9. City Size Distributions and Metropolisation | p. 149 |
10. Evaluating Quality of Urban Environment Using GIS | p. 165 |
11. About a Synthetic Model: in Indian Urbanization (The Urban Corridors) | p. 181 |
12. Ecological Impact of the Land Use Change in Delhi Ridge: Anthropogenic Stress and Spatial Realities | p. 189 |
13. Urban Geography for the XXIst Century | p. 203 |
14. Rurban Landscape Management Plan and Town Planning: Japanese Case | p. 221 |
15. Modeling City Expansion Based on Remotely Sensed Images | p. 231 |
16. Assessing the Long-term Hydrologic Impact of Urban Sprawl a Practical Geographic Information System (GIS) Based Approach | p. 247 |
17. On Migration, Immigration and Social Sustainability: The Recent Canadian Experience | p. 261 |
Index | p. 281 |