Green cities

Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-

Green cities urban growth and the environment / [electronic resource] : Matthew E. Kahn. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006. - vii, 160 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-149) and index.

Introduction -- Measuring urban environmental quality -- The urban environmental Kuznets curve -- Income growth and the urban environment: the role of the market -- Income growth and greener governance -- Population growth and the urban environment -- Spatial growth: the environmental cost of sprawl in the United States -- Achieving urban and global sustainability.


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Palo Alto, Calif. :
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2009.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization--Environmental aspects.
Cities and towns--Growth.


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