Images of the Future City Time and Space For Sustainable Development
What could a future Western city look like if energy use per capita was reduced by sixty percent? This is the overarching question researchers have addressed in a major backcasting study carried out in Stockholm in recent years, and their answers are revealed in this book. In Images of the Future Ci...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The Sustainable City
- 2. Limitations and Necessities
- 3. Limits of Urban Sustainability
- 4. Urban Tempo and Structure
- 5. Introduction - Urban Structure, Activity Patterns and Technology
- 6. Development of Urban Structures
- 7. Visions and Urban Structures
- 8. Stockholm’s Urban Development
- 9. Future Cities – Possible Changes
- 10. Time and Consumption
- 11. Housing and Other Premises
- 12. Food
- 13. Travel
- 14. Durable Goods
- 15. Time Use in the Future
- 16. Production
- 17. Vehicles
- 18. Housing
- 19. Summary of Technical Potential
- 20. Introduction
- 21. Six Images of the Future – Introduction and Definitions
- 22. Urban Cores 2050 – Fast and Slow
- 23. Suburban Centers – Fast and Slow
- 24. Low-rise Settlements – Fast and Slow
- 25. Measures and Possibilities in Concentration
- 26. Time Use Today and in Images of the Future
- 27. Energy Use From the Household Perspective
- 28. Energy Use in 2000 and 2050
- 29. Suburban and Inner City Families with Children and No Car
- 30. Images of the Future From a National Economic Perspective
- 31. The Sustainable City: Necessary System Shifts and Their Conditions; Appendixes