Cities : an environmental history /
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2012.
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| Series: | Environmental history and global change series ;
5. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Trading village to global megalopolis : the origins and expansion of cities
- Communities responding to disasters and threats : vulnerable and resilient cities
- Foods, goods, materials and ornaments : the metabolism of cities
- Smoke, fumes, dust and smog : changing the atmosphere of cities
- Water from the hills, the ground, the sea, and the roof : towards integrated water resource management in cities
- Sanitation, sewage and mountains of trash : wastewater and garbage in cities
- Urban sounds and smells : the noisy, aromatic city
- Cities and a dynamic earth : urban changes to the land surface and responses to geophysical hazards
- Urban greenspaces : the tamed and wild nature in cities
- Urban sustainability : cities for future generations.