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green
cities
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green
cities
Urban Growth and
the Environment
Matthew E. Kahn
brookings institution press
Washington, .
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data
Kahn, Matthew E., 1966-
Green cities : urban growth and the environment / Matthew E. Kahn.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-4816-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8157-4816-7 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8157-4815-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8157-4815-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Urban ecology. 2. Urbanization—Environmental aspects.
3. Cities and towns—Growth. I. Title.
2006
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Contents
Acknowledgments vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Measuring Urban Environmental Quality 8
3 The Urban Environmental s Curve 30
4 e Growth and the Urban Environment: