DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f54bm3/metropolitan_susta) has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd's new book "Metropolitan Sustainability: Understanding and improving the urban environment" to their offering.
Metropolitan Sustainability: Understanding and improving the urban environment
Global populations have grown rapidly in recent decades, leading to ever-increasing demands for shelter, resources, energy and utilities. Coupled with the worldwide need to achieve lower impact buildings and conservation of resources, the need to achieve sustainability in urban environments has never been more acute. Metropolitan sustainability critically reviews the fundamental issues and applied science, engineering and technology that will enable all cities to achieve a greater level of metropolitan sustainability, and assist nations in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations.
Part one introduces key issues related to metropolitan sustainability, including the use of both urban metabolism and benefit cost analysis. Part two focuses on urban land use and the environmental impact of the built environment. The urban heat island effect, redevelopment of brownfield sites and urban agriculture are discussed in depth, before part three goes on to explore urban air pollution and emissions control. Urban water resources, reuse and management is explored in part four, followed by a study of urban energy supply and management in part five. Solar, wind and bio energy, the role of waste-to-energy systems in the urban infrastructure, and smart energy for cities are investigated. Finally, part six considers sustainable urban development, transport and planning.
Key Topics Covered:
PART 1 METROPOLITAN SUSTAINABILITY: AN INTRODUCTION
A living city: using urban metabolism analysis to view cities as life forms
Benefit cost analysis for environmental decision making: using discounting to compare benefits and costs that occur at different points in time
Quantifying sustainability: industrial ecology, materials flow and life cycle analysis
Separation of mixtures: fundamentals and technologies
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