Green cities : urban growth and the environment /

Green cities : urban growth and the environment /

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Author / Creator:	Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.
Description:	vii, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Urban ecology (Sociology). Urbanization -- Environmental aspects. Cities and towns -- Growth. Cities and towns -- Growth. Urban ecology (Sociology) Urbanization -- Environmental aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6100843

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ISBN:	0815748167 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815748159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-149) and index.
Standard no.:	9780815748168 9780815748151

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Measuring Urban Enviornmental Quality
3. The Urban Environmental Kuznets Curve
4. Income Growth and the Urban Environment: The Role of the Market
5. Income Growth and Greener Governance
6. Population Growth and the Urban Environment
7. Spatial Growth: The Environmental Cost of Sprawl in the United States
8. Achieving Urban and Global Sustainability
References
Index