For the first time at the beginning of the twenty-first century, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is set to continue. Consequently one of the most pressing issues of our time is how to square the social and economic development of cities with their environmental limits and those of the wider environment. The theme of the environment and city is topical at every level, from the politics of global trade to local community networks.
Environment and the City looks at the evolution of cities in the developed and the developing world and the...
For the first time at the beginning of the twenty-first century, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is set to continue. Conseq...
Based on analysis of the Manchester city-region, this book offers a vision of a sustainable urban future, through integrated strategic management of the entire city-region. It translates principles into practice for achieving the necessary balance to ensure a higher standard of living and safe environment. The text presents: a 25-year horizon for the evolution and restructuring of the urban system; a focus for linkages and synergies between economic, social and environmental sectors; technical scenarios for land use, energy and material flows; spatial scenarios for each area and settlement...
Based on analysis of the Manchester city-region, this book offers a vision of a sustainable urban future, through integrated strategic management of t...
Based on analysis of the Manchester city-region, this book offers a vision of a sustainable urban future, through integrated strategic management of the entire city-region. It translates principles into practice for achieving the necessary balance to ensure a higher standard of living and safe environment. The text presents: a 25-year horizon for the evolution and restructuring of the urban system; a focus for linkages and synergies between economic, social and environmental sectors; technical scenarios for land use, energy and material flows; spatial scenarios for each area and settlement...
Based on analysis of the Manchester city-region, this book offers a vision of a sustainable urban future, through integrated strategic management of t...
For the first time at the beginning of the twenty-first century, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is set to continue. Consequently one of the most pressing issues of our time is how to square the social and economic development of cities with their environmental limits and those of the wider environment. The theme of the environment and city is topical at every level, from the politics of global trade to local community networks.
Environment and the City looks at the evolution of cities in the developed and the developing world and the...
For the first time at the beginning of the twenty-first century, urban dwellers outnumber rural residents and this trend is set to continue. Conseq...
This book is about building the urban shared intelligence the synergy city the capacity for thinking ahead, with creative innovation, turning problems into opportunities. The synergy city can often evolve and self-organize, but there are many barriers to be overcome, and to address the challenges of the global urban system we need to scale up the shared intelligence to global levels. The synergy city principle applies to whole urban systems, and also to the economic, political and ecological systems which shape them. Each of these four main agendas is presented here as a pathway for...
This book is about building the urban shared intelligence the synergy city the capacity for thinking ahead, with creative innovation, turning probl...
This book is about building the urban shared intelligence the synergy city the capacity for thinking ahead, with creative innovation, turning problems into opportunities. The synergy city can often evolve and self-organize, but there are many barriers to be overcome, and to address the challenges of the global urban system we need to scale up the shared intelligence to global levels. The synergy city principle applies to whole urban systems, and also to the economic, political and ecological systems which shape them. Each of these four main agendas is presented here as a pathway for...
This book is about building the urban shared intelligence the synergy city the capacity for thinking ahead, with creative innovation, turning probl...
