Cities : an environmental history /
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| Author / Creator: | Douglas, Ian, 1936- |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
| Description: | xiii, 369 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Environmental history and global change series ; 5 Environmental history and global change series ; 5. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9128877 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. The Origins of Cities: Security, Commerce, Culture and Environment
- 2. Responses to Environmental Challenges
- 3. Urban Energy, Water, Material Flows and their Consequences
- 4. Managing the Side Effects of Energy Consumption: Cleaning the Urban Air
- 5. Providing Safe and Secure Water Supplies
- 6. Managing Waste Water and Solid Waste
- 7. Combatting Noise, Odours and Ugliness
- 8. Knowing the Ground: Managing Geological and Hydrological Hazards from Venice to San Francisco
- 9. Greening Cities: Parks, Garden Cities and Nature Reserves
- 10. Sustainable Cities: Urban Environmental Management for the Future
- Conclusion
- Index
