What are eco-cities?
Dickmann, Nancy2019
Book
From urban design that suits the local landscape to zero-carbon living, this fascinating book looks at how cities around the world are adapting to environmental change. Readers are presented with real-life, eco-city solutions to issues such as water use in times of drought, and why green spaces matter.
Main title:
What are eco-cities? / Nancy Dickmann.
Author:
Dickmann, Nancy, author
Work:
Imprint:
New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2019.©2017
Collation:
32 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Age Range: 7 - 10 years.
Contents:
What is an eco-city? -- Eco-cities and ecosystems -- Zero-carbon living -- Going renewable -- Urban design -- Public transport -- Eco-housing -- Public buildings -- Waste management -- Saving water -- Green spaces -- Local food -- Cities of the future.
ISBN:
9780778750376 (paperback)
Dewey class:
307.1416
Language:
English
BRN:
357456