Greening the world economy through cities
Författare
Summary, in English
Besides comprising a majority of the world’s population, cities concentrate disproportional amounts of the world’s economy and decision-making power. Further, though urban areas cover only around two percent of the Earth’s surface, they consume 75 percent of its resources. Yet as a hub for social and political movements and centres of technological and institutional knowledge and innovation, cities can be a powerful catalyst of greener economies.
Publiceringsår
2013-01-30
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
OurWorld 2.0 United Nations University
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Tidningsartikel
Ämne
- Social Work
Status
Published
Projekt
- Lund Human Rights Research Hub