The Environmental Impact of Cities: Death by Democracy and Capitalism

ISBN-13: 9780367493424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 320 str.

Robert Vale

Opis

This book assesses the environmental impact that comes from cities and their inhabitants, demonstrating that our current systems are not environmentally sustainable. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainability, urban planning, urban design, environmental sciences, geography and sociology.

Spis treści

Part 1: The Impact of Cities  1. The Cities  2. Calculating the Ecological Footprint  3. Food  4. Energy  5. Transport  6. Consumer goods  7. The built environment  8. Urban Policies  Part 2: Influences on living in cities  9. Environmental death by democracy  10. Capitalism  11. Population—the elephant in the room  12. The internet  13. Icons in the cities  14. Pandemic  15. Living in cities