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Sustainable cities in a changing climate : Enhancing urban resilience / edited by Sami G. Al-Ghamdi.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2024Description: xxi, 296 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781394201525
  • 9781394201518
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sustainable cities in a changing climateDDC classification:
  • 307.76 ALG 23 022768
LOC classification:
  • HT241
Summary: "With their high population densities and high demands on environmental resources, cities are the most challenging segment of built infrastructure that need to constantly evolve and adapt to changing conditions. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in current city planning and services, which authorities are now beginning to address, with the aim of creating cityscapes that can effectively deal with the mounting climate, environmental and health threats that mankind will be facing in the 21st century. Using analytical as well as predictive tools, city planners are able to reliably pinpoint weaknesses and develop and test improvements to urban infrastructure."--
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 307.76 ALG 022768 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 022768

Includes index.

"With their high population densities and high demands on environmental resources, cities are the most challenging segment of built infrastructure that need to constantly evolve and adapt to changing conditions. The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed many weaknesses in current city planning and services, which authorities are now beginning to address, with the aim of creating cityscapes that can effectively deal with the mounting climate, environmental and health threats that mankind will be facing in the 21st century. Using analytical as well as predictive tools, city planners are able to reliably pinpoint weaknesses and develop and test improvements to urban infrastructure."--

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