Sustaining Cape Town: imagining a liveable city

Although cities constitute the key contributors to unsustainable development, especially due to their ecological and equity impacts, they are also viewed as the vehicle for the transition to a sustainable future for humanity both in terms of technologies as well as policies and lifestyle changes. Th...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stellenbosch Sun Press 2010
Sustainablity Institute 2010
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Although cities constitute the key contributors to unsustainable development, especially due to their ecological and equity impacts, they are also viewed as the vehicle for the transition to a sustainable future for humanity both in terms of technologies as well as policies and lifestyle changes. This book introduces the theoretical principles which underpin the required transition to sustainable cities in general and Cape Town in particular. The subsequent fourteen chapters tackle more specific areas of interventions and the key constraints towards realisation of related transition interventions in the city of Cape Town
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 278 Seiten) illustrations
ISBN:1920338306
1920338470
9781920338305
9781920338473