Authors:

  • John Macomber

Excerpt

Building Sustainable Cities. John D. Macomber, July 2013, Paper. "By 2050 the number of people living in cities will have nearly doubled, to 6 billion, and the problems created by this rampant urbanization are among the most important challenges of our time. Of all resource-management issues, the author argues, water, electricity, and transit deserve the greatest focus. Every other service a competitive city provides—functional housing, schools, hospitals, stores, police and fire departments, heating, cooling, waste management..." May require purchase or user account. Link