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Urban biosphere and society : partnership of cities / edited by Christine Alfsen-Norodom, Benjamin D. Lane, and Melody Corry.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 1023.
- Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v. 1023
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--Case studies--Congresses.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Urban policy--Case studies--Congresses.
- Urban policy.
- Environmental policy--Case studies--Congresses.
- Environmental policy.
- Biosphere reserves--Case studies--Congresses.
- Biosphere reserves.
- Environment.
- Environmental policy--Case studies.
- Urban policy--Case studies.
- Urban ecology (Sociology)--Case studies.
- Urbanization.
- Public Policy.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Social Conditions.
- City Planning.
- Medical Subjects:
- Environment.
- Urbanization.
- Public Policy.
- Environmental Monitoring.
- Social Conditions.
- City Planning.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 2004.
- Contents:
- Urban Biosphere and Society: Partnership of Cities-Introduction / Christine Alfsen-Norodom 1
- Toward Urban Biosphere Reserves / Peter Dogse 10
- Regreening the Metropolis: Pathways to More Ecological Cities. Keynote Address / Rutherford H. Platt 49
- Sustainable Cities Programme: A Joint UN-Habitat -UNEP Facility on the Urban Environment with Participation of the Dutch Government / Presented by Axumite Gebre-Egziabher 62
- The UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Concept as a Tool for Urban Sustainability: The CUBES Cape Town Case Study / R. Stanvliet, J. Jackson, G. Davis, C. De Swardt, J. Mokhoele, Q. Thom, B.D. Lane 80
- Biodiversity, Biosphere Reserves, and the Big Apple: A Study of the New York Metropolitan Region / William D. Solecki, Cynthia Rosenzweig 105
- Managing the Megacity for Global Sustainability: The New York Metropolitan Region as an Urban Biosphere Reserve / Christine Alfsen-Norodom, Susan E. Boehme, Steven Clemants, Melody Corry, Valerie Imbruce, Benjamin D. Lane, Roberta Balstad Miller, Christine Padoch, Marta Panero, Charles M. Peters, Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, Daniel Walsh 125
- Improving Air Quality In Megacities: Mexico City Case Study / Luisa T. Molina, Mario J. Molina 142
- Health in the Urban Environment: Experience from Dar es Salaam/Tanzania / Nicolaus Lorenz, Deo Mtasiwa 159
- Environmental Factors in HIV/AIDS Epidemic Development: New Perspectives for Gender Equity and Global Protection against HIV Transmission / Annette Alfsen 164
- Inhabitants' Environmental Perceptions in the City of Rome within the Framework for Urban Biosphere Reserves of the UNESCO Programme on Man and Biosphere / Mirilia Bonnes, Guiseppe Carrus, Marino Bonaiuto, Ferdinando Fornara, Paola Passafaro 175
- The Application of the Biosphere Reserve Concept to Urban Areas: The Case for Green Rooftops for Habitat Network in Seoul / Kwi-Gon Kim 187
- Chicago Wilderness: A New Force in Urban Conservation / Debra K. Moskovits, Carol Fialkowski, Gregory M. Mueller, Timothy A. Sullivan, John Rogner, Elizabeth McCance 215
- Application of the Biosphere Reserve Concept to Urban Areas: The Case of Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve, Brazil-Sao Paulo Forest Institute: A Case Study for UNESCO / Rodrigo Antonio Braga Moraes Victor, Joaquim De Britto Costa Neto, Aziz Nacib Ab'saber, Ondalva Serrano, Marisa Domingos, Bely Clemente Camacho Pires, Mauricio Amazonas, Mauro Antonio Moraes Victor 237
- Written in Stone: Memory and Reconciliation Intersecting the Urban Biosphere / Martha Kohen 282
- Sustainability, Survivability, and the Paradox of New Orleans / Richard Campanella, Daniel Etheridge, Douglas J. Meffert 289
- Governance Challenges and Coalition Building among Urban Environmental Stakeholders in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania / Anna Mtani 300
- The Dynamics of Social-Ecological Systems in Urban Landscapes: Stockholm and the National Urban Park, Sweden / T. Elmqvist, J. Colding, S. Barthel, S. Borgstrom, A. Duit, J. Lundberg, E. Andersson, K. Ahrne, H. Ernstson, C. Folke, J. Bengtsson 308
- The Changing Perception of the Wetlands in and around Kristianstad, Sweden: From Waterlogged Areas toward a Future Water Kingdom, Kristianstads Vattenrike Biosphere Reserve / Sven-Erik Magnusson 323
- Sustainable Energy Planning with Efficient Office Buildings and Cogeneration Plants in Frankfurt am Main / Wendelin Friedel, Werner Neumann 328.
- Notes:
- "This volume is the result of a conference entitled Urban Biosphere and Society: Partnership of Cities held by the New York Academy of Sciences and the Columbia University/UNESCO Joint Program on Biosphere and Society (CUBES) on October 29 and 30, 2003 in New York, New York"--Contents p.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1573315532
- 1573315540
- OCLC:
- 55644921
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