Hardoy / Mitlin / Satterthwaite Environmental Problems in Third World Cities

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-134-16109-6
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Describes and analyses the environmental problems of Third World cities, showing how they affect human health and the local ecology. The authors show how readily available practical solutions are, if the political means can be found.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardoy, Jorge E.

Mitlin, Diana

Satterthwaite, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Öffentliche Gebäude, Gewerbliche Bauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. A New Environmental Agenda for Cities 2. Environmental Problems in the Home, Workplace and Neighbourhood 3. The City Environment 4. Cities’ Rural, Regional and Global Impacts 5. Addressing Environmental Problems 6. Sustainable Development and Cities 7. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Jorge E. Hardoy was President of IIED-America Latina until his death in 1993.

Diana Mitlin is an economist and social development specialist and works both at the International Institute for Environment and Development and the Institute for Development Policy and Management (University of Manchester).

David Satterthwaite is a Senior Fellow at IIED and also teaches at the Development Planning Unit of University College London and at the London School of Economics.