Urban Planet : Knowledge towards Sustainable Cities /
Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a system...
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520 | |a Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary biology, geography, economics and engineering. It includes the perspectives of often neglected voices: architects, journalists, artists and activists. The book provides a much needed cross-scale perspective, connecting challenges and solutions on a local scale with drivers and policy frameworks on a regional and global scale. The authors argue that to overcome the major challenges we are facing, we must embark on a large-scale reinvention of how we live together, grounded in inclusiveness and sustainability. This title is also available Open Access. | ||
700 | 1 | |a Elmqvist, Thomas, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Bai, Xuemei, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Frantzeskaki, Niki, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Griffith, Corrie, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Maddox, David, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a McPhearson, Timon, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Parnell, Susan, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Romero-Lankao, Patricia, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Simon, David, |e editor. | |
700 | 1 | |a Watkins, Mark, |e editor. | |
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