Cities

ISBN: 9781845117955 出版年：2013 页码：384 Ian Douglas Bloomsbury Publishing

Cities are amongst our greatest creationstart of the twenty-first century there is increasing concern over their unchecked expansion and the detrimental effect this is having on the planet, as induced climate change and ever increasing demands upon the world's resources take effect. How can we make the world's cities more sustainable? Ian Douglas tells the story of cities - whow they have evolved, the problems they have encountered and those they wicentury progresses. Global in geographical coverage, and ranging from the cities of the classical world to the megacities of today, it is the first comprehensive environmental history of cities. Suitable as a textbook for undergraduate and master's course in environmental management, environmental science, planning, urban geography, planning.