Handbook on Urban Sustainability

This book, written by worldwide specialists from Canada, India, Italy, Palestine, Peru, Spain and the Netherlands, is a guide to establishing a city on a sustainable path. It addresses sustainable urban planning issues by breaking the city down to its main components. The authors analyze and discuss such topics as: urban social and economic factors, including immigration and cultural integration, the gender component, the formation of slums, and social indicators-the interaction of the city with the environment, including the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)-urban and regional economics, including specialization and dependency, asset management, and community facilities-the relationship of a city within its region-urban planning, including urban sprawl and core revitalization-housing and relocation, including such concepts as community participation-degradation and measures to reverse this situation-energy needs, transportation management, basic infrastructural services, the generation and disposal of waste, and water in the region -a city's preparedness, including risk analysis and contingency plans-urban reconstruction after disasters.

The concluding chapters provide a 'what to do and how to do it' practical roadmap for implementing a sustainability program.