Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment

by Matthew E. Kahn

Book Overview

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What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more ""green"" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower environmental quality, and when does it yield environmental gains? How can cities deal with the environmental challenges posed by growth? These are the questions Matthew Kahn takes on in this smart and engaging book.

Written in a lively, accessible style, Green Cities takes the reader on a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815748159
• ISBN13: 9780815748151
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"