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Author Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-

Title Green cities [electronic resource] : urban growth and the environment / Matthew E. Kahn.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description vii, 160 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-149) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization -- Environmental aspects.
Cities and towns -- Growth.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0815748140
0815748167 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815748159 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780815748168
9780815748151

 
    
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