The Gaia Atlas of Cities: New Directions for Sustainable Urban LivingUN-HABITAT, 1996 - 191 páginas Extensively revised and updated for the Habitat II Conference, this work addresses key issues, analyzing the problems of expanding city populations and exploring the possibility of healing cities, making them self-sustaining, and responsible for themselves and their immediate surrounding |
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The Gaia Atlas of Cities: New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living Herbert Girardet Vista de fragmentos - 1993 |
Aromatherapy for Healing the Spirit: A Guide to Restoring Emotional and ... Gabriel Mojay Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |
Términos y frases comunes
air pollution Angeles areas Bangkok become blocks Bombay Britain Broadacre City buildings built cars cause cent city centres city's CO₂ coal consumption Corbusier cultural deforestation developed countries developing world developing-world cities dioxide diseases disposal economic efficiency electricity energy environment environmental environmental refugees Europe factories farming farmland fertility forests fossil fuels Gaia Garden City gases global warming green growing Habitat heat high-rise hinterland homes housing human impact industrial land landscape largest cities layout Le Corbusier lifestyle London major materials megacities metabolism Mexico City million modern cities natural nitrogen oxides nutrients organic Paulo permaculture planning plant population problems production recycling reduce rural São Paulo settlements sewage social soil solar space sprawl squatter streets supply sustainable urban timber tonnes tower town trade traffic trees tropical urban growth urban living urban sprawl vast vegetation villages waste Welwyn Garden City world cities worldwide
Pasajes populares
Página 39 - a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves; or we shall be dispersed all over the
Página 76 - high infant mortality, and! low life expectancy as to) be beneath any reasonable
Página 180 - of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of East and West Germany
Página 6 - transferable from one city to another, implementation must be c-losely tailored to) local situations.
Página 76 - A condition of life SO) limited! by malnutrition, illiteracy, d!isease, squalid!
Referencias a este libro
The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities Gordon McGranahan Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
Sustainable Communities: The Potential for Eco-neighbourhoods Hugh Barton Vista previa limitada - 2000 |