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Sustaining cities : environmental planning and management in urban design / Joseph Leitmann

By: Leitmann, Joseph.
Series: McGraw-Hill professional architecture. Publisher: N. Y. : McGraw-Hill, c1999Description: xx, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0070383162 (hbk.).Subject(s): City planning -- Environmental aspects -- Study and teaching | Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 307.12
Contents:
List of tables. - Foreword. - Acknowledgments. - Abbreviations. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Pt. I. Cities and sustainability. Ch. 3. Understanding problems, characteristics, and underlying causes. Ch. 4. Can urban development be sustained? - Pt. II. Planning to sustain cities. Ch. 5. The LEAP : a framework for urban environmental planning. Ch. 6. Tools for analysis and planning. Ch. 7. The LEAP process in action. - Pt. III. Managing to sustain cities. Ch. 9. Good practice for managing the urban environment. Ch. 10. The frontiers : conclusions and conundrums. - Annex A. Environmental data for the world's 35 largest cities. - Annex B. Resources for the urban environment. - Annex C. Training and research institutions. - Index.
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List of tables. - Foreword. - Acknowledgments. - Abbreviations. - Ch. 1. Introduction. - Pt. I. Cities and sustainability. Ch. 3. Understanding problems, characteristics, and underlying causes. Ch. 4. Can urban development be sustained? - Pt. II. Planning to sustain cities. Ch. 5. The LEAP : a framework for urban environmental planning. Ch. 6. Tools for analysis and planning. Ch. 7. The LEAP process in action. - Pt. III. Managing to sustain cities. Ch. 9. Good practice for managing the urban environment. Ch. 10. The frontiers : conclusions and conundrums. - Annex A. Environmental data for the world's 35 largest cities. - Annex B. Resources for the urban environment. - Annex C. Training and research institutions. - Index.