Urban Planet
Knowledge towards Sustainable Cities
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http://doi.org/10.1017/9781316647554Contributor(s)
Elmqvist, Thomas (editor)
Bai, Xuemei (editor)
Frantzeskaki, Niki (editor)
Griffith, Corrie (editor)
Maddox, David (editor)
McPhearson, Timon (editor)
Parnell, Susan (editor)
Romero-Lankao, Patricia (editor)
Simon, David (editor)
Watkins, Mark (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
Global urbanization promises better services and stronger economies but also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. Urban Planet highlights the hopes and hindrances of our journey of urbanization and the need for a parallel evolution of our science and systems to ensure we reap the rewards. This title is also available as Open Access.
Keywords
ecology; evolutionary biology; sociology; political science; geography; environmental and development studies; economics; anthropology; engineeringISBN
9781316647554, 9781107196933Publisher
Cambridge University PressPublication date and place
2018Series
Life Sciences,Classification
Applied ecology
Urban and municipal planning and policy
Sociology
Political science and theory
Economic geography