Cities: An Environmental History: Environmental History and Global Change
Autor Ian Douglasen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 sep 2012
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781845117962
ISBN-10: 1845117964
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 67 figures, 39 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Seria Environmental History and Global Change
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1845117964
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 67 figures, 39 tables
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția I.B.Tauris
Seria Environmental History and Global Change
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Ian Douglas is Emeritus Professor of Geography in the School of Environment and Development, Manchester University. He is Past-President of the Society for Human Ecology, President of the International Council for Ecopolis Development; Chairman of the UK UNESCO MAB (Man and the Biosphere) Urban Forum; and Chairman of the UNESCO SCOPE Expert Group on Urban Futures. He is a member of the editorial boards of Catena, Ecological Processes, Geographical Research, and Land Degradation and Development. His books include The Urban Environment (1983), Humid Landforms (1977) and (as co-editor) Companion Encyclopaedia of Geography (2007) and Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology (2011).
Cuprins
List of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Trading Village to Global Megalopolis: The Origins and Expansion of CitiesChapter 2: Communities Responding to Disasters and Threats: Vulnerable and Resiliant CitiesChapter 3: Foods, Goods, Materials and Ornaments: The Metabolism of CitiesChapter 4: Smoke, Fumes, Dust and Smog: Changing the Atmosphere of CitiesChapter 5: Water from the Hills, the Ground, the Sea and the Roof: Towards Integrated Water Resource Management in CitiesChapter 6: Sanitation, Sewage and Mountains of Trash: Wastewater and Garbage in CitiesChapter 7: Urban Sounds and Smells: The Noisy, Aromatic CityChapter 8: Cities and a Dynamic Earth: Urban Changes to the Land Surface and Responses to Geophysical HazardsChapter 9: Urban Greenspaces: The Tamed and Wild Nature in CitiesChapter 10: Urban Sustainability: Cities for Future GenerationsFinal ThoughsNotesBibliographyIndex