Life After Carbon
"Enlightening." Seattle Book Review "Life After Carbon is a highly engaging, forward-looking study of how modern cities are innovating to survive...This superbbook looks at the evolution of the world's cities and their challenging future...Life After Carbon is essential reading f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
Island Press
2018, 2018
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Prologue: Creation Stories
- Introduction
- Part I: On the Innovation Pathway Innovation Proliferation
- Urban Climate Innovation Laboratories
- Goals, Systems, Clusters, and Waves
- Making a Better City
- The Rebel Alliance
- Part II: Toward Global Urban Transformation
- The Power of Transformational Ideas
- Carbon-Free Advantage
- Efficient Abundance
- Nature’s Benefits
- Adaptive Futures
- Part III: Challenges of Urban Evolution
- The Edge of City Climate Innovation
- Assembly Required
- The Next Urban Operating System Going Global
- Epilogue: Life After Carbon
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Authors
- General Index