Fabricio Chicca (New Zealand Victoria University of Wellington), Brenda Vale, Robert Vale

The Environmental Impact of Cities

Death by Democracy and Capitalism

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book assesses the environmental impact that comes from cities and their inhabitants, demonstrating that our current systems are not environmentally sustainable. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainability, urban planning, urban design, environmental sciences, geography and sociology.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Sustainability
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 234mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 430g
• ISBN-13: 9780367493424
• ISBN-10: 036749342X
• Artikelnr.: 65943764

Autorenporträt

Fabricio Chicca is a senior lecturer in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Brenda Vale is a professorial research fellow in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Robert Vale is a retired professorial research fellow in the School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Impact of Cities 1. The Cities 2. Calculating the Ecological
Footprint 3. Food 4. Energy 5. Transport 6. Consumer goods 7. The built
environment 8. Urban Policies Part 2:Influences on living in cities 9.
Environmental death by democracy 10. Capitalism 11. Population-the elephant
in the room 12. The internet 13. Icons in the cities 14. Pandemic 15.
Living in cities