Green Cities: Urban Growth and the Environment
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0815748159 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has published widely in the fields of environmental and urban economics, including research on sprawl, public transit, and the costs and benefits of environmental regulation. Kahn is a professor of economics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. He also blogs on environmental and urban econom
"A book about trade-offs" according to Michael Lewyn. A well written guide to a difficult problem. On the one hand, urbanization and affluence lead to less localized pollution, as a more affluent electorate becomes able to afford the costs of regulation, and new technologies limit pollution at bearable costs. Kahn points out that deindustrialization and the reduced pollution that it causes is not limited to the USA.But Kahn adds that such affluence also increases pollution that spreads acros. Interesting analysis but misleading title Saleem Ali Ecological planning of cities is now assumed by many regulators to be a win-win proposition and numerous initiatives on the "greening of cities" are taking shape across the world. No longer are Curitiba in Brazil or Chatanooga in Tennessee the outlier case studies that frequented so many conference presentations. Cities are greening through multiple pathways and Matthew Kahn's new book Green Cities, attempts to understand this trajectory . Good, general overview of the subject matter Jennifer A. Mor This book was a relatively easy read but did a good job outlining the issues surrounding the green effort-both what has been done and what needs to be done-in metropolitan areas. I felt it was well written and engaging.
The concluding chapter addresses the role of cities in promoting climate change and asks how cities in turn are likely to be affected by this trend.As Kahn points out, although economics is known as the "dismal science," economists are often quite optimistic about the relationship between urban development and the environment. In contrast, many ecologists and environmentalists remain wary of the environmental consequences of free-market growth. What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more "green" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower environmental quality, and when does it yield environmental gains? How can cities deal with the environmental challenges posed by growth? These are the questions Matthew Kahn takes on in this smart and engaging book.Written in a lively, accessible style, Green Cities takes the reader on a tour of the extensive economic literature on the environmental consequences of urban growth. Rather than try to settle this dispute, this book conveys the excitement of an ongoing debate. Green Cities does not provide easy answers complex dilemmas. Kahn starts with an exploration of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)—the hypothesis that the relationship between environmental quality an
"A Planetizen Top 10 Book of 2007" — Planetizen, 11/20/2006" Green Cities is a welcome addition to the rising tide of academic research that examinies urban-environment interrelationships." — Environmental Conservation"It is genuinely refershing to see a scholar of Kahn's stature make an area of research this comples and wide ranging so accessible and, for this reason, I believe that the book is certain to have a major impact." — Journal of Regional Science, 10/1/2007"Green