Sustaining Cities - Environmental Planning And Ma

Sustaining Cities in the 21st Century is the first book to address in depth, and in one place, the many environmental problems--and their solutions--that face world cities. In the year 2000, for the first time in human history, more than half the world's population will live in cities. Cities generate two-thirds of the world's wealth and account for 80% of GNP. Increasing population and economic growth generate more waste. The book addresses, from the urban designer/planner's point of view, all the concomitant problems resulting from this scenario: "brownfields"--distressed industrial area; eroding infrastructure; pollution; resource losses; environmental hazards; and global enviromental issues.