"Sustainable Urban Planning" introduces the principles and practices behind urban and regional planning in the context of environmental sustainability. This timely text reflects a growing recognition that cities, where the majority of humans now live, need to be developed in a sustainable way. It weaves together the concerns of planning, capitalism, development, and cultural and environmental preservation. It helps students and planners to marry the needs of the environment with the need for financial gain.
- ISBN13 9780470794661
- Publish Date 9 June 2008 (first published 11 June 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
- Format eBook
- Pages 356
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com