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    Rethinking sustainable cities : accessible, green and fair / edited by David Simon.

    • Title:Rethinking sustainable cities : accessible, green and fair / edited by David Simon.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Simon, David, editor.
    • Published/Created:Bristol ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2016.
      ©2016
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:City planning--Environmental aspects.
      City planning--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
    • Description:xv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
    • Series:Policy Press shorts. Policy & practice.
    • Summary:"Sustainable urbanisation has moved to the forefront of global debate, research and policy agendas over recent years. This compact book is designed to make a signal contribution to the sustainable urbanisation agenda through authoritative interventions contextualising, assessing and explaining clearly the relevance and importance of three central characteristics of sustainable towns and cities everywhere, namely that they should be accessible, green and fair"--Provided by publisher.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781447332848 paperback
      1447332849 paperback
      9781447332879 electronic publication
      9781447332862 mobi
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: sustainable cities in sustainable societies / David Simon
      2. Accessible cities: from urban density to multidimensional accessibility / James Waters
      3. Green cities: from tokenism to incrementalism and transformation / David Simon
      4. Fair cities: imperatives in meeting global sustainable developmental aspirations / Susan Parnell
      5. Conclusions, implications and practical guidelines / David Simon.
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