Balanced Urban Development: Options and Strategies for Liveable Cities (1st ed. 2016) (Water Science and Technology Library #72)
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- Synopsis
- This book provides a unique synthesis of concepts and tools to examine natural resource, socio-economic, legal, policy and institutional issues that are important for managing urban growth into the future. The book will particularly help the reader to understand the current issues and challenges and develop strategies and practices to cope with future pressures of urbanisation and peri-urban land, water and energy use challenges. In particular, the book will help the reader to discover underlying principles for the planning of future cities and peri-urban regions in relation to: (i) Balanced urban development policies and institutions for future cities; (ii) Understanding the effects of land use change, population increase, and water demand on the liveability of cities; (iii) Long-term planning needs and transdisciplinary approaches to ensure the secured future for generations ahead; and (iv) Strategies to adapt the cities and land, water and energy uses for viable and liveable cities.There are growing concerns about water, food security and sustainability with increased urbanisation worldwide. For cities to be liveable and sustainable into the future there is a need to maintain the natural resource base and the ecosystem services in the peri-urban areas surrounding cities. This need is increasing under the looming spectre of global warming and climate change.This book will be of interest to policy makers, urban planners, researchers, post-graduate students in urban planning, environmental and water resources management, and managers in municipal councils.
- Copyright:
- 2016
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783319281124
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319281100
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 03/01/21
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Science, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Bhadranie Thoradeniya
- Edited by:
- Vijay P. Singh
- Edited by:
- Basant Maheshwari
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