Creating Sustainable Cities (2)

by Herbert Girardet

How can we put the pulsing heart of conviviality back into our cities? How can we make sure of creating cities of diversity for the new millennium: places of cultural vigour and physical beauty that are also sustainable in economic and environmental terms? This Schumacher Briefing shows the way forward.

Genres: Nonfiction, Sustainability

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 26, 1999

Reviews

[Sotiris Makrygiannis]

a very good briefing about the problems creating sustainable cities. A quick read too.

[Erik Porse]

1999. A short outline of Girardet’s ideas and concepts. Most useful as a primer of many major concepts in urban sustainability literature, including ecological footprints, “metabolism” and life cycle analyses, urban farming, transportation, and principles of sustainable cities according to Girardet.