Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest: Summary of a Workshop. Pathways to Urban Sustainability: Perspective from Portland and the Pacific Northwest is the summary of a workshop convened by the National Research Council's Science and Technology for Sustainability Program in May 2013 to examine issues relating to sustainability and human-environment interactions in the Portland metropolitan region.
Topics addressed included the role of land-use restrictions on development, transportation innovations, and economic and social challenges. The speakers at the workshop used examples from Portland and the greater Pacific Northwest region to explore critical questions in finding pathways to urban sustainability. This was the third and final of a series of three place-based urban sustainability workshops - the other two workshops focused on Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas. [read full description] This report uses examples from Portland and the Northwest U.S. /S.W. La competizione collaborativa. Ricostruire il capitale sociale ed economico: Amazon.it: Fabrizio Pezzani: Libri. Information and Self-Organization: A Macroscopic Approach to Complex Systems (Springer Series in Synergetics) eBook: Hermann Haken: Amazon.it: Kindle Store.
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