Sustainable cities Japanese perspectives on physical and social structures / [electronic resource] : edited by Hidenori Tamagawa. - Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2006. - xviii, 287 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Comparison of urban environmental transitions in North America and Asia Pacific / Peter John Marcotullio -- Formulating sustainable systems / Yoshitsugu Aoki -- Sustainable economies and urban sustainability / Makoto Maruyama -- Land, waste, and pollution : challenging history in creating a sustainable Tokyo metropolis / Tokue Shibata -- Buildings/city patterns and energy consumption / Takashi Kawanaka -- Car use and sustainability : reflection on retail development control systems / Kiyoshi Takami -- Population stability and urban area / Hidenori Tamagawa and Nobuhiro Ehara -- Urban sustainability : a case study of environmental movements in Kamakura / Junko Ueno and Masahisa Sonobe -- Housing complex replacement and "mental" sustainability / Yoko Shimizu -- Sustainable community development : a strategy for a smart community / Osamu Soda.


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