Sustainable Communities: A Framework for Planning: Case Study of an Australian Outer Sydney Growth Area

by Raymond Charles Rauscher and Salim Momtaz

Book Overview

This book is in part a response to the attempts of governments to address increasing concerns over such environmental issues as the impact of climate change; carbon emissions; pressures from overpopulation of cities; coal seam gas extraction and depleting natural resources. The authors have developed a Sustainable Communities Framework (SCF) which incorporates social-cultural, environmental and economic sustainability principles in the process of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940240256X
• ISBN13: 9789402402568
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"