Vortex Cities to Sustainable Cities: Australia's Urban ChallengeThis book examines how Australian cities are becoming unsustainable and suggests possibilities for future actions that move us towards sustainability. Chapters on population and demography, air quality, water quality, water availability, transport and biodiversity include many new ideas to make our cities more sustainable. |
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This would have to be one of my favourite book!! I read it years ago, while I was still studying... Now, in my work in the environmental NGO field with strong partnerships with governments from Asia & Europe, I still use this book as reference to different project proposal development. I highly recommend it, and would like to take the opportunity to thank the author, Phil McManus, for having produced this work.
Contents
SECTION | 9 |
AUSTRALIAN CITIES AND PLANNING | 25 |
TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CITIES | 70 |
SECTION 2 | 89 |
WATER | 109 |
TRANSPORT | 124 |
SECTION 3 | 187 |
CONCLUSION | 200 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Vortex Cities to Sustainable Cities: Australia's Urban Challenge UNSW Press book |
| Author | Phil McManus |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | UNSW Press, 2005 |
| ISBN | 0868407011, 9780868407012 |
| Length | 231 pages |
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