Smart Growth and Sustainable Development : Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19 - 21, 2015

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pan, Qisheng (Editor), Li, Weifeng (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: GeoJournal Library, 122
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Physical geography.; Sociology, Urban.; Human geography.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319482965
• ISSN: 0924-5499 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48296-5
• Physical Description: XIV, 259 p. 128 illus. online resource.

This book explores how to tackle the challenges of urbanization through international lessons in sustainable development and smart growth strategies. As readers will discover, smart growth offers an approach to urbanization with the aim to: improve the efficiency of land use, protect the natural and...