The ecology of cities: urban planners are starting to see cities as complex systems that ought to be conceptualized in a way that mimics natural processes

Authors :: Tomalty, Ray
Source :: Alternatives Journal. Sept-Oct, 2009, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p18, 4 p.
Publication Year :: 2009
Abstract: "URBAN SUSTAINABILITY" is one of those phrases that many people use but no one can concretely define. It may, however, be this plasticity that has allowed the concept to morph […]

Subjects :: City planners -- Practice
City planning -- Methods
Cities and towns -- Environmental aspects
Sustainable development

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