This book provides an overview of the World Bank's Eco2 cities : ecological cities as economic cities initiative. The objective of the Eco2 cities initiative is to help cities in developing countries achieve a greater degree of ecological and economic sustainability. The book is divided into...

This first Handbook in a series of three original reference works looks at globally contentious urban policy issues from a wide variety of different angles and perspectives. Matters related to urban densification, population mobility, urban inequality and sustainability are analysed in a manner...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Proximity Is Good -- 3 Cars, Pollution, and Accidents -- 4 Congestion -- 5 Mass Transit -- 6 Land -- 7 Too Many Cars? Too Much Lawn? Too Much Blight? -- 8 Rules -- 9 Water, Sewers, Fire, and Garbage -- 10 Education -- 11...