GrEEEn Solutions for Livable Cities

Download or read book GrEEEn Solutions for Livable Cities written by Sonia Chand Sandhu and published by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a result of a 2-year innovative, exploratory, and reflective study of cities as unique urban spaces that support life, work, and play. It responds to major issues that affect the quality of life of urban residents. This publication offers practical ways on how urban managers, urban practitioners, businesspeople, and citizens can engage to make cities more livable by building on their distinctive physical, social, cultural, and economic characteristics. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations, the book comes at the right time to offer integrated urban development solutions that can translate global development commitments into urban-level actions to achieve livable cities.