Consuming Cities: The Urban Environment in the Global Economy After Rio

by Elander Ingemar, Brendan Gleeson, Ingemar Elander, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415187699
• ISBN13: 9780415187695
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"