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Sustainable Cities and Communities by Walter Leal Filho (English) Hardcover Book

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Country of Origin: United States ISBN: 9783319957166 gtin13: 9783319957166 ISBN-13: 9783319957166 Type: Does not apply

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The Nile on eBay Sustainable Cities and Communities by Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Tony Wall, Pinar Gökcin Özuyar The problems related to the process of industrialisation such as biodiversity depletion, climate change and a worsening of health and living conditions, especially but not only in developing countries, intensify. Therefore, there is an increasing need to search for integrated solutions to make development more sustainable. The United Nations has acknowledged the problem and approved the "2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". On 1st January 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the Agenda officially came into force. These goals cover the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic growth, social inclusion and environmental protection. The Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals comprehensively addresses the SDGs in an integrated way. The Encyclopedia encompasses 17 volumes, each one devoted to one of the 17 SDGs. This volume addresses SDG 11, namely "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" and contains the description of a range of terms, which allows a better understanding and fosters knowledge. This book presents a set of papers on the state of the art of knowledge and practices about the numerous challenges for cities, solutions and opportunities for the future.Concretely, the defined targets are: Ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums Provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons Enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage Significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations Reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management Provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning Substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials Editorial Board Samuel Borges Barbosa, Luciana Londero Brandli, Elisa Conticelli, Erin A. Hopkins, Olga Kuznetsova, Astrid Skjerven, Hari Srinivas FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Table of Contents Access to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services.- Access to transport systems.- Road safety, expansion of public transport.- Safeguard the world's cultural and natural heritage.- Reduce number of deaths through economic losses caused by disasters.- Environmental impact of cities on air quality and municipal waste management.- Cities and human settlements to prepare for mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters.- Holistic disaster risk management at all levels.- Financial and technical assistance for least developed countries in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials. Feature Details essential research, projects and practical action Covers both developed and developing countries Fosters knowledge to support UN Sustainable Development Goal to make settlements inclusive, resilient and sustainable Details ISBN 3319957163 Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition 1st ISBN-10 3319957163 ISBN-13 9783319957166 Format Hardcover Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Edited by Pinar Gökcin Özuyar Year 2020 Language English DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-95717-3 UK Release Date 2020-04-09 Pages 982 Publication Date 2020-04-09 Author Pinar Gökcin Özuyar Birth 1968 Death 1817 Affiliation Yunnan Univ, China Position Associate Director Qualifications Ph.D. Edition Description 1st ed. 2020 DEWEY 307.1216 Audience Professional & Vocational Country of Origin NL Product Class Description Environment & Planning Series Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Alternative 9783319957173 Illustrations 84 Illustrations, color; 16 Illustrations, black and white We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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