Urban
Sustainability in the Context of Global Change
Towards
Promoting Healthy and Green Cities
R.B. Singh (ed.)
ISBN 978-1-57808-166-0; 2001; 292 Pages; US $ 91.80
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Presents the
issues and the processes underlying urban sustainability in the context of
global change, and the strategy for promotion of healthy and green cities in
the world. It will be useful reference for policy makers and those studying
urban development, environmental sciences, geography, atmospheric sciences,
and urban and regional planning.
Contents:.
Global Environmental Change: The Singapore Response:
Victor R. Savage
et al.
. Social Sustainability in the Western Australian Urban
System: State Planning Strategies to 2029:
Roy Jones.
Sources of Air Pollution Emissions in Selected Metropolitan Cities of India:
R.B. Singh and Bhuwan Kumar. Managing Urban
Environmental Pollution:
Henk Vooged. Solid Waste
Management: What's the Malaysian Position?:
Mohd. Nasir Hassan et
al.
. Network Management and the planning of Mainports in the
Netherlands:
Peter P.J. Driessen and Pieter Glasbergen.
Environmental and Spatial Aspects of Urban Development in the Lodz
Agglomeration:
Tadeusz Marszat. Dynamics of Urban Land
Use in Terms of Land Prices; Comparative Analysis of Major Cities in U.S.A.,
Europe and Japan-Chicago, London, Duesseldorf, Sapporo and Osaka:
Kiyotaka
Jitsu. City Size Distributors and Metropolisation:
Denise
Pumain and Francis Moriconi-Ebrard. Evaluating Quality of
Urban Environment Using GIS:
Wanglin Yan. About a
Synthetic Model: In Indian Urbanization (The Urban Corridors):
B.K. Roy.
Ecological Impact of the Land Use Change in Delhi Ridge: Anthropogenic
Stress and Spatial Realities:
R.B. Singh and Rakhi Parijat.
Urban Geography for the 21st Century:
Denise Pumain.
Ruban Landscape Management Plan and Town Planning:
Japanese Case Kiyoko
Kanki et al.
. Modelling City Expansion Based on Remotely
Sensed Images:
Lin Li, et al.
. Assessing the Long-term
Hydrologic Impact of Urban Sprawl: A Practical Geographic Information System
(GIS) Based Approach:
Shilpam Pandey, et al.
. On
Migration, Immigration, and Social Sustainability: The Recent Canadian
Experience:
Larry S. Bourne
