Metropolitan sustainability understanding and improving the urban environment / edited by Frank Zeman.
| Other author | Zeman, Frank. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Sawston, Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : Woodhead Pub., |
| Description | xxxi, 739 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Energy 2012 (Elsevier and Woodhead) [EBCEN12W] |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Understanding and improving the urban environment |
| Series | Woodhead Publishing series in energy ; no. 34 Woodhead Publishing in energy ; no. 34. |
| Contents | Metropolitan sustainability : an introduction: A living city : using urban metabolism analysis to view cities as life forms / S. Pincetl. Benefit cost analysis for environmental decision making : using discounting to compare benefits and costs that occur at different points in time / S. L. Shaikh. Quantifying sustainability : industrial ecology, materials flow and life cycle analysis / S. M. Kaufman -- Earth : urban land use and the environmental impact of the built environment: The urban heat island effect : causes and potential solutions / M. E. Hulley. Redevelopment of brownfield sites / C. De Sousa and S. Ghoshal. Urban agriculture : opportunities and constraints / K. Ackerman. Building-integrated agriculture : a new approach to food production / D. Gould and T. Caplow -- Wind : urban air pollution and emissions control: Metropolitan effects on atmospheric patterns : important scales / P. M. Klein. The science of smog : a chemical understanding of ground level ozone and fine particulate matter / J. A. Geddes and J. G. Murphy. Air pollution in the urban atmosphere : sources and consequences / K. McDonald. Controlling emissions of pollutants in urban areas / J. Wade and R. J. Farrauto. Passive systems to improve air quality and reduce heat retention in the urban environment / P. A. Desario and K. A. Gray -- |
| Contents | Water : urban water resources, reuse and management: Integrated urban water management : water use and reuse / K. Exall and T. D. Vassos. Rainwater harvesting : using urban roof runoff for residential toilet flushing / N. Rostad and F. Montalto. Urban water supply : modeling watersheds and treatment faciities / L. Weinrich and J. F. Hubler and S. Spatari. Water and wastewater treatment : chemical processes / V. Yargeau. Water and wastewater treatment : biological processes / B. Sizirici Yildiz -- Fire : urban energy supply and management: Solar energy in the built environment : powering the sustainable city / G. Kiss. Wind energy in the built environment / M. A. Hyams. The role of waste-to-energy in urban infrastructure / N. J. Themelis. Smart energy for cities : decentralized supply resources and their link to the modern grid / S. A. Hammer and M. A. Hyams. Bioenergy for the urban environment / S. Krigstin and R. Levin and S. Wetzel -- Sustainable urban development, transport and planning: Planning for more sustainable urban development / S. M. Wheeler. Sustainable urban transport planning / M. Grünig.The psychological needs of city dweller : implications for sustainable urban planning / R. Gifford and R. Sussman. Possible futures for sustainable building design / M. Altwicker. Moving toward urban sustainability : using lessons and legacies of the past / W. D. Solecki. A vision of suburban sustainability : the Long Island Radically Rezoned project / T. Holler and A. Serra. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2012911035 |
| ISBN | 9780857090461 |
| ISBN | 0857090461 |
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