Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change
“Cities are green” is becoming a common refrain. But Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address climate change. In this groundbreaking new work, he shows how such regionally scaled urbanism can be combined with g...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
2011, 2011
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2011 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Urbanism and Climate Change
- 2. The Fifty-year Experiment
- 3. Toward a Green Urban Future
- 4. Design for Urbanism
- 5. The Urban Footprint
- 6. The Urban Network
- 7. The California Experiment
- 8. Four American Futures
- 9. A Sustainable Future
- Notes
- Index