Building Sustainable Urban Settlements by Sam Romaya

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Building Sustainable Urban Settlements by Sam Romaya

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Part of Urban Management Series series

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Building Sustainable Urban Settlements by Sam Romaya

This fascinating book explores environmental, institutional, social and cultural aspects of sustainability in a variety of towns and cities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America. The contributors focus particularly on meeting the needs of the urban poor. The main themes are:urban environmental management with particular reference to economic activities and housing achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability managing urban development processes to reduce their environmental impacts, to improve the produced built environments and sustain improved practices. Drawing on case studies of individual cities (Lahore, Shanghai, Medellin, Florianópolis, Hofuf, Cairo) and countries (South Africa, Mozzambique, Iran) as well as comparative research and analytical procedures, the international group of contributors evaluate government policies and practices and make suggestions for improvements

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ISBN 13 9781853395413
ISBN 10 1853395412
Title Building Sustainable Urban Settlements
Author Sam Romaya
Series Urban Management Series
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Practical Action Publishing
Year published 2002-12-15
Number of pages 320
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