Metropolitan sustainability : understanding and improving the urban environment

Part 1 Metropolitan sustainability: An introduction: A living city: Using urban metabolism analysis to view cities as life forms Benefit cost analysis for environmental decision making: Using discounting to compare benefits and costs that occur at different points in time Quantifying sustainability: Industrial ecology, materials flow and life cycle analysis Separation of mixtures: Fundamentals and technologies. Part 2 Earth: Urban land use and the environmental impact of the built environment: The urban heat island effect: Causes and potential solutions Redevelopment of brownfield sites Urban agriculture: Opportunities and constraints Building-integrated agriculture: A new approach to food production. Part 3 Wind: Urban air pollution and emissions control: Metropolitan effects on atmospheric patterns: Important scales The science of smog: A chemical understanding of ground level ozone and fine particulate matter Air pollution in the urban atmosphere: Sources and consequences Controlling emissions of pollutants in urban areas Passive systems to improve air quality and reduce heat retention in the urban environment. Part 4 Water: Urban water resources, reuse and management: Integrated urban water management: Water use and reuse Rainwater harvesting: using urban roof runoff for residential toilet flushing Urban water supply: Modelling watersheds and treatment facilities Water and wastewater treatment: Chemical processes Water and wastewater treatment: Biological processes. Part 5 Fire: Urban energy supply and management: Solar energy in the built environment: Powering the sustainable city Wind energy in the built environment The role of waste-to-energy in the urban infrastructure Smart energy for cities: Decentralized supply resources and their link to the modern grid Bioenergy for the urban environment. Part 6 Sustainable urban development, transport and planning: Planning for more sustainable urban development Sustainable urban transport planning The psychological needs of city dwellers: Implications for sustainable urban planning Possible futures for sustainable building design Moving toward urban sustainability: Using lessons and legacies of the past A vision of suburban sustainability: The Long Island Radically Rezoned project.