The Gaia Atlas of Cities, New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living - Herbert Girardet

Title: The Gaia Atlas of Cities

Sub Title: New Directions for Sustainable Urban Living

Author: Herbert Girardet

Publisher: Gaia

Year: 1992

Number of pages: 191

ISBN: 9781856750653

Synopsis: In the last 100 years, global urban populations have expanded from 15 to 50 per cent. Urban growth patterns are changing the face of the Earth and the condition of humanity. This book addresses these key issues, analyzing the problems of expanding city populations and exploring the possibility of healing cities, making them self-sustaining, responsible for themselves and their immediate surroundings. and the global shift from settlement to city. Part Two explains how a sick city makes for a sick world, and how expanding cities become parasites on their surroundings. Part Three takes a realistic look at people and cities, and how they work together, and identifies ways of healing cities. Finally, the conclusion explains just how close Earth is to her carrying capacity, and why there is a need to act now to prevent a system overload. produced TV documentaries on tropical forests, including Jungle Pharmacy, The Altamira Gathering, and Halting the Fires.

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