Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning - Creating Smart Cities

Ecological and technological (eco-tech) planning provides a possible response to the essential issues of sustainability and rehabilitation in rapidly growing urban spaces. Green and Ecological Technologies for Urban Planning: Creating Smart Cities addresses the ecological, technological, and social challenges faced in the smart urban planning and design of settlements when using eco-technologies - from sustainable land use to transportation, and from green areas to municipal applications - with a focus on resilience. Containing research from leading international experts, this book provides comprehensive coverage and definitions of the most important issues, concepts, trends, and technologies within the planning field.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ozge Yalciner Ercoskun (Editor)
• Publisher: Information Science Reference
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2011
• EAN: 9781613504536
• ISBN: 978-1-61350-453-6
• No. of pages: 404
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 286 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 1272 g
• Series: Premier Reference Source; Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture