This volume explores the “green city” concept from a global and interdisciplinary perspective. Contributions examine the conflicts inherent in eco-modernization and investigate opportunities to respond meaningfully to urban environmental challenges.
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Cindy Sturm looks at differences in climate-related policymaking Münster and Dresden.
Umwelt als Ressource highlights the interaction and co-evolution of modern industry and the environment, using the example of the German paper industry in Saxony.
The first recorded notion of sustainable forestry is articulated in the Electorate of Saxony.
One of the first comprehensive forest surveys takes place in the duchy of Saxe-Weimar.
In Sylvicultura Oeconomica, written in response to the widespread scarcity of wood throughout Europe, Hans Carl von Carlowitz summarizes extant forestry knowledge and supplements it with his own observations.
