Sustainable cities : Japanese perspectives on physical and social structures

Title Sustainable cities : Japanese perspectives on physical and social structures / edited by Hidenori Tamagawa.

Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2006.

UniM Archit 307.12160952 SUST

Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents 1. Comparison of urban environmental transitions in North America and Asia Pacific / Peter John Marcotullio -- 2. Formulating sustainable systems / Yoshitsugu Aoki -- 3. Sustainable economies and urban sustainability / Makoto Maruyama -- 4. Land, waste and pollution : challenging history in creating a sustainable Tokyo metropolis / Tokue Shibata -- 5. Buildings/city patterns and energy consumption / Takashi Kawanaka -- 6. Car use and sustainability : reflection on retail development control systems / Kiyoshi Takami -- 7. Population stability and urban area / Hidenori Tamagawa and Nobuhiro Ehara -- 8. Urban sustainability : a case study of environmental movements in Kamakura / Junko Ueno and Masahisa Sonobe -- 9. Housing complex replacement and "mental" sustainability / Yoko Shimizu -- 10. Sustainable community development : a strategy for a smart community / Osamu Soda.

Net info Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip068/2006003758.html

Other auth Tamagawa, Hidenori, 1956-

Subject City planning -- Japan.

Sustainable development -- Japan.