The enviromental advantages of cities [ countering commonsense antiurbanism
Conventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press ,
c2013
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| Series: | Urban and industrial environments
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Ecological disruption
- 3. Resource consumption
- 4. Pollution
- 5. Natural hazards
- 6. Technological hazards
- 7. Infectious disease
- 8. Human habitat
- 9. Conclusion