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State of the world, 2007 : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society / Molly O'Meara Sheehan, project director ; Linda Starke, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: State of the world libraryPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxi, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 039306557X
  • 0393329232
  • 9780393065572
  • 9780393329230
Other title:
  • Our urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society [Other title]
  • Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society [Other title]
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Contents:
State of the world, a year in review / Lisa Mastny -- An urbanizing world / Kai N. Lee -- Timbuktu: greening the hinterlands -- Loja: ecological and healthy city -- Providing clean water and sanitation / David Satterthwaite, Gordon McGranahan -- Lagos: collapsing infrastructure -- Farming the cities / Brian Halweil, Danielle Nierenberg -- Freetown: urban farms after a war -- Greening urban transportation / Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy -- Los Angeles: end of sprawl -- Melbourne: reducing a city's carbon emissions -- Energizing cities /Janet L. Sawin, Kristen Hughes -- Rizhao: solar-powered city -- Malmo: building a green future -- Reducing natural disaster risk in cities / Zoe Chafe -- Jakarta: river management -- Mumbai: policing by the people -- Charting a new course for urban public health / Carolyn Stephens, Peter Stair -- Nairobi: life in Kibera -- Petra: managing tourism -- Strengthening local economies / Mark Roseland with Lena Soots -- Brno: Brownfield redevelopment -- Fighting poverty and environmental injustice in cities / Janice E. Perlman with Molly O'Meara Sheehan.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-230) and index.

State of the world, a year in review / Lisa Mastny -- An urbanizing world / Kai N. Lee -- Timbuktu: greening the hinterlands -- Loja: ecological and healthy city -- Providing clean water and sanitation / David Satterthwaite, Gordon McGranahan -- Lagos: collapsing infrastructure -- Farming the cities / Brian Halweil, Danielle Nierenberg -- Freetown: urban farms after a war -- Greening urban transportation / Peter Newman, Jeff Kenworthy -- Los Angeles: end of sprawl -- Melbourne: reducing a city's carbon emissions -- Energizing cities /Janet L. Sawin, Kristen Hughes -- Rizhao: solar-powered city -- Malmo: building a green future -- Reducing natural disaster risk in cities / Zoe Chafe -- Jakarta: river management -- Mumbai: policing by the people -- Charting a new course for urban public health / Carolyn Stephens, Peter Stair -- Nairobi: life in Kibera -- Petra: managing tourism -- Strengthening local economies / Mark Roseland with Lena Soots -- Brno: Brownfield redevelopment -- Fighting poverty and environmental injustice in cities / Janice E. Perlman with Molly O'Meara Sheehan.

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