State of the world 2007 : our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society.
| Corporate Authors: | Worldwatch Institute. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Institution: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Library: | Main Library |
| Record Id / ISBN-0: | ppap.54374 / 9780393329230 |
| Online Public Access Catalog: | Perbadanan Perpustakaan Awam Negeri Perak |
| Published: |
New York :
W.W. Norton,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- State of the world : a year in review /
- Lisa Mastny
- 1.
- An urbanizing world /
- Kai N. Lee
- Timbuktu : greening the hinterlands
- Loja : ecological and healthy city
- 2.
- Providing clean water and sanitation /
- David Satterthwaite and Gordon McGranahan
- Lagos : collapsing infrastructure
- 3.
- Farming the cities /
- Brian Hulweil and Danielle Nierenberg
- Freetown : urban farms after a war
- 4.
- Greening urban transportation /
- Peter Newman and Jeff Kenworthy
- Los Angeles : end of sprawl
- Melbourne : reducing a city's carbon emissions
- 5.
- Energizing cities /
- Janet L. Sawin and Kristen Hughes
- Rizhao : solar-powered city
- Malmo : building a green future
- 6.
- Reducing natural disaster risk in cities /
- Zoe Chafe
- Jakarta : river management
- Mumbai : policing by the people
- 7.
- Charting a new course for urban public health /
- Carolyn Stephens and Peter Stair
- Nairobi : life in Kibera
- Petra : managing tourism
- 8.
- Strengthening local economies /
- Mark Roseland and Lena Soots
- Brno : Brownfield redevelopment
- 9.
- Fighting poverty and environmental injustice in cities /
- Janice E. Perlman and Molly O'Meara Sheehan.