@article{961257,
      recid = {961257},
      author = {Wolfson, Adi,},
      title = {Sustainability and the city : the service approach /},
      pages = {1 online resource (152 pages).},
      abstract = {Cities are without a doubt one of the miracles of human  creation and the embodiment of the human environment.  Insofar as they are large and densely populated human  settlements with defined legal and political boundaries  that comprise clusters of buildings, open spaces, public  facilities and infrastructure, cities are mainly spaces of  services that are exchanged between a wide variety of  stakeholders-namely, residents, traders, visitors, and the  city authorities. Moreover, the provision of cities'  services has profound effect on the local and global  sustainability. Thus, municipal services should comprise  environmental, social, and economic values, which are  designed, produced, and delivered in concert. Over the  years, a variety of new urban models and concepts have been  designed and proposed as viable means to reestablish the  bond between the human and the natural environments, to  increase the quality of life within cities and to reduce  the impacts that cities have on the social and natural  environments (e.g., sustainable city, smart city, or  resilient city). Herein, a new model of the service city is  presented, including architecture and several pertinent  examples, which considers it as a platform that manages and  integrates the services and systems currently provided by  the city while offering additional supporting services to  increase the effectiveness of the value and to achieve the  goal of sustainability.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/961257},
}