Taking sustainable cities seriously : economic development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities
Title:
Taking sustainable cities seriously : economic development, the environment, and quality of life in American cities
Author:
Portney, Kent E.
ISBN:
9780262661324
9780262162135
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Physical Description:
p. cm.
Series:
American and comparative environmental policy
Series Title:
American and comparative environmental policy
Contents:
1. Sustainability, Sustainable Economic Development, and Sustainable Communities: The Conceptual Foundations of Sustainable Cities -- 2. Measuring the Seriousness of Sustainable Communities -- 3. The Environment, Energy, and Sustainable Cities -- 4. The Economic Development Side of Sustainability: Growth versus Smart Growth -- 5. The Communitarian Foundations of Sustainable Cities: A Solution to the Tragedy of the Commons, the NIMBY Syndrome, and Transboundary Impacts? -- 6. Is a Sustainable City a More Egalitarian Place? Sustainable Communities, Environmental Equity, and Social Justice -- 7. Cities That Take Sustainability Seriously? A Profile of Eight Cities -- 8. Sustainable Cities in Practice: More Cities, More Questions.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy036/2002071784.html