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Download or read book Consuming Cities written by Ingemar Elander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, Sweden, Poland, Australia and Indonesia The contributors all have direct experience of the urban environment and urban policies in the countries on which they write and offer an authoritative commentary which brings the urban 'consumption' dimension of sustainable development into focus.

Download or read book Consuming Cities written by Nicholas Low and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment. It examines these issues through the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference.