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The Urban Planet Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The Urban Planet Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities

By Thomas Elmqvist

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About the book

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 biolog...Show more

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9781107196933

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2018

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1

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The Urban Planet Knowledge Towards Sustainable Cities

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Hardcover

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