Urban and municipal planning and policy

People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but significantly more for producing things such as food, paper and cotton clothes.

Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland.

Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland.

Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide.

Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide.

,A rare achievement, one of the first books to link technological and behavioural change to the sustainability agenda, Charles Landry, author of The Creative City ,Any course interested in sustainable development in practice would benefit from the case studies here, Dr Adrian Smith, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK Two disjointed voices can be identified in the prevailing sustainability discourse: one technology-focused, the other favouring behavioural solutions.

,A rare achievement, one of the first books to link technological and behavioural change to the sustainability agenda, Charles Landry, author of The Creative City ,Any course interested in sustainable development in practice would benefit from the case studies here, Dr Adrian Smith, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK Two disjointed voices can be identified in the prevailing sustainability discourse: one technology-focused, the other favouring behavioural solutions.

,Anyone serious about integrating environmental factors into planning and policy making will gain new insights and ideas from Fischer,s book on SEA; and students, teachers and practitioners of the subject will find the book essential.

,Anyone serious about integrating environmental factors into planning and policy making will gain new insights and ideas from Fischer,s book on SEA; and students, teachers and practitioners of the subject will find the book essential.

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability.

Most of us live in cities.

Most of us live in cities.

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population.

The world's urban population now exceeds the world's rural population.

In our rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities.

In our rapidly urbanizing global society, solid waste management will be a key challenge facing all the world's cities.

This groundbreaking new volume on social sustainability offers both critique and creative solutions.

This groundbreaking new volume on social sustainability offers both critique and creative solutions.

From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

From the author of Small Change comes this engaging guide to placemaking, packed with practical skills and tools that architects, planners, urban designers and other built environment specialists need in order to engage effectively with development work in any context.

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time.

Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time.

The built environment is undergoing a profound transformation driven by the integration of cutting-edge geospatial technologies.

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked.

In our fast-changing urban world, the impacts of social and environmental change on children are often overlooked.

Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc.

Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc.

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context.

The quality of life of millions of people living in cities could be improved if the form of the city were to evolve in a manner appropriate to its climatic context.

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised.

This is the first book to directly address the physics of urban sustainability and how urban sustainability may be modelled and optimised.

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities.

Global Urban Analysis provides a unique insight into the contemporary world economy through a focus on cities.

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field.

This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field.

Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities.

Gated Communities provides a historic, socio-political and contemporary cultural perspective of gated communities.

Creative Community Planning provides clear access to emerging innovations in artistic, narrative, embodied and technological methods.

Creative Community Planning provides clear access to emerging innovations in artistic, narrative, embodied and technological methods.

This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially.

This book explores the challenges our society faces in making the transition to renewable resource use in a way that is truly sustainable - environmentally, economically and socially.

A presentation of detailed comparative research into the implementation in 11 European countries of Local Agenda 21 - the action plan for sustainable development at community level.

A presentation of detailed comparative research into the implementation in 11 European countries of Local Agenda 21 - the action plan for sustainable development at community level.

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability.

Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century.

Global energy demand is likely to rise substantially by the mid-21st century.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Throughout the world, the threat of climate change is pressing governments to accelerate the deployment of technologies to generate low carbon electricity or heat.

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).

Carbon dioxide and global climate change are largely invisible, and the prevailing imagery of climate change is often remote (such as ice floes melting) or abstract and scientific (charts and global temperature maps).