Green cities :

Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-

Green cities : urban growth and the environment / Matthew E. Kahn. - Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006. - vii, 160 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-149) and index.

Introduction -- Measuring urban environmental quality -- The urban environmental Kuznets curve -- Income growth and the urban environment: the role of the market -- Income growth and greener governance -- Population growth and the urban environment -- Spatial growth: the environmental cost of sprawl in the United States -- Achieving urban and global sustainability.

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