The environmental advantages of cities [electronic resource] : countering commonsense antiurbanism / William B. Meyer.

Conventional wisdom about the environmental impact of cities holds that urbanization and environmental quality are necessarily at odds. Cities are seen to be sites of ecological disruption, consuming a disproportionate share of natural resources, producing high levels of pollution, and concentrating...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Meyer, William B. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2013.
Series:	Urban and industrial environments.
Subjects:	Urban ecology (Sociology) Urbanization > Environmental aspects. Sustainable urban development. Climatic changes > Social aspects.