TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elmqvist,Thomas
TI  - Urban planet: knowledge towards sustainable cities 
SN  - 9781316647554 (ebook)
AV  - HT361 .U73 2018
U1  - 307.7/6 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - City planning
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Sustainable development
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2018); Open Access title
N2  - Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary biology, geography, economics and engineering. It includes the perspectives of often neglected voices: architects, journalists, artists and activists. The book provides a much needed cross-scale perspective, connecting challenges and solutions on a local scale with drivers and policy frameworks on a regional and global scale. The authors argue that to overcome the major challenges we are facing, we must embark on a large-scale reinvention of how we live together, grounded in inclusiveness and sustainability. This title is also available Open Access
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316647554
ER  -