Explores the concept of urban sustainability within the context of urban design in the developing world. This work draws examples from Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, India and Myanmar to demonstrate how rapid physical and social change has swept away historic urban quarters and the cultural heritage they represent.
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the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs') (World Commission on Environment and Development 1987: 8) - Page 85
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'. This definition - Page 128
In the affairs of men, there always appears to be a need for at least two things simultaneously, which, on the face of it, seem to be incompatible and to exclude one another. We always need both freedom and order. We need the freedom of lots and lots of small, autonomous units, and, at the same time, the orderliness of large-scale, possibly global, unity and coordination... - Page 60
To meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 69
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 179
to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs - Page 14
business-as-usual, emissions of greenhouse gases, a rate of increase of global mean temperature - Page 164
Scepticism as to the wisdom and benevolence of public officials was all too frequently justified; and the perception of modern education as a potential threat to customary values was largely correct - Page 46
The Relevance of the Compact City Approach: The Management of Urban Growth in South African Cities', in - Page 130
(2001), Making Social Science Matter: Why Social Science Fails and How it Can Succeed Again, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Friedman, - Page 130
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+ By Roger Zetter, Georgia Butina Watson
+ Contributor Roger Zetter
+ Published 2006, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
+ 210 pages
+ ISBN 0754643557