World resources, 1996-97 : [the urban environment] a joint publication by the World Resources Institute ... [et al.]. - New York ; Oxford Oxford University Press 1996. - xiv, 365 p. ill. (some col.), maps 28 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt.I The urban environment : Cities and the environment -- Urban environment and human health -- Urban impacts on natural resources -- Urban transportation -- Urban priorities for action -- City and community : toward environmental sustainability -- A ppendix A. Urban data tables -- II. Global conditions and trends and data tables : Basic economic indicators -- Population and human development -- Forests and land cover -- Food and agriculture -- Biodiversity -- Energy and materials -- Water and fisheries -- Atmosphere and climate.

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City planning--Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Recursos energeticos

Urban regions Environment.

GE300 / .E289 1996