Sustainable Cities in Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Energy - Environmental Politics

by Peter Nijkamp and Adriaan Perrels

Worldwide, urbanization is steadily increasing, yet many modern cities are becoming less and less able to accommodate the growth in their population. Congestion, pollution, low-quality housing, social fragmentation, noise, crime and inadequate social services all contribute to a declining quality of urban life. Planners and policy makers are battling to alleviate the problems with a variety of urban renewal initiatives, and energy-environmental policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853832030
• ISBN13: 9781853832031
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"