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245 0 0 _aState of the world, 2007 :
_ba Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society /
_cMolly O'Meara Sheehan, project director ; Linda Starke, editor.
246 1 3 _aOur urban future : a Worldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
246 1 3 _aWorldwatch Institute report on progress toward a sustainable society
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Co.,
_cc2007.
300 _axxxi, 250 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
490 0 _aState of the world library.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-230) and index.
505 0 _aState 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.
650 0 _aCities and towns
_xGrowth.
650 0 _aUrban health.
650 0 _aUrbanization.
700 1 _aSheehan, Molly O'Meara.
700 1 _aStarke, Linda.
710 2 _aWorldwatch Institute.
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