03561cam a2200577Ia 4500 101073 20230410115450.0 070125s2007 nyuad b 001 0 eng d (OCoLC)ocm80017013 OEM OEM YDXCP BAKER LEO JYJ VP@ AGL BTCTA E5G XVF CUY UBA SMP GV9 NSB 9780393065572 039306557X 9780393329230 0393329232 YDXCP 2437801 NLGGC 300149476 NZ1 11201721 AU@ 000041239196 NZ1 12231446 (OCoLC)80017013 HD 75.6 S797 2007 338.95 22 State of the world 2007 : our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society. Our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society New York : W.W. Norton, 2007. xxxi, 250 p. : ill., charts ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-239) and index. State of the world, a year in review / Lisa Mastny -- An urbanizing world / Kai N. Lee -- Timbuktu: greening the hinterlands -- Loja: ecological and healthy city -- Providing clean water and sanitation / David Satterthwaite, Gordon McGranahan -- Lagos: collapsing infrastructure -- Farming the cities / Brian Halweil, Danielle Nierenberg -- Freetown: urban farms after a war -- Greening urban transportation / Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy -- Los Angeles: end of sprawl -- Melbourne: reducing a city's carbon emissions -- Energizing cities /Janet L. Sawin, Kristen Hughes -- Rizhao: solar-powered city -- Malmo: building a green future -- Reducing natural disaster risk in cities / Zoe Chafe -- Jakarta: river management -- Mumbai: policing by the people -- Charting a new course for urban public health / Carolyn Stephens, Peter Stair -- Nairobi: life in Kibera -- Petra: managing tourism -- Strengthening local economies / Mark Roseland with Lena Soots -- Brno: Brownfield redevelopment -- Fighting poverty and environmental injustice in cities / Janice E. Perlman with Molly O'Meara Sheehan. This [book] examines changes in the ways cities are managed, built, and lived in, focusing on how those changes could create healthier, more peaceful urban areas in the future. The authors investigate water and sanitation, urban faming, local energy production, "green" transportation options, disaster preparedness, local economic stability, and much more. -- From back cover. Economic development Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Urban health. Cities and towns Growth. Urbanization. Salud urbana. Ciudades y pueblos Crecimiento. Urbanización. Planejamento territorial urbano. larpcal Cidades (aspectos sanitâarios;crescimento e desenvolvimento) larpcal Economia urbana. larpcal Urbanizaðcäao. larpcal Desenvolvimento sustentâavel. larpcal Worldwatch Institute. YBP Library Services YANK 2437801 Baker & Taylor BKTY 18.95 14.21 0393329232 0006803615 active Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0006803615 lcc bk C0 DRFGD lmm 41720 41720 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HD 75.6 S797 2007 00000094826 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk