Towards green growth and low-carbon urban development
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Towards green growth and low-carbon urban development
(Urban development and infrastructure)(Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety series)
Nova Science Publishers, c2013
- : hardcover
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Cities face critical challenges connected to population growth, urbanisation, and climate change. Fundamental transformations in urban planning, community design, and infrastructure development are absolutely needed to address the problems raised by land use changes. A transition from conventional urban development models to a green or low-carbon future needs to change the system of the "systems", such as energy, water, waste, mobility, and infrastructure systems. Cities are facing huge pressure and great opportunities to make these transitions through more effective arrangement of land use development footprints. This book introduces the significant trend of urban planning towards green growth and low-carbon development patterns and reviews the history of urban development models while illustrating key concepts underpinning theories of green growth and low-carbon development. Introduced in this book are broad concepts of urban and land use planning, and a description of practical planning approaches. The authors explain how to incorporate core "green" and "low-carbon" concepts into urban planning and community development. Also discussed are the tools and processes necessary to develop a green and low-carbon development strategy where the major methods include energy conservation and efficiency, transportation planning, liveability and walkability techniques, environmental planning, low impact community design skills, planning support systems, and public participation. A diverse range of examples, from North America, Europe, Africa, and China, are provided to analyse the barriers and solutions in socio-technical transitions emerging in different urban contexts. An international context of urban planning and a proposed model to assess future conditions, evaluate policy choices, create visions, and compare scenarios is presented. This book can help academics, policy makers, practitioners and researchers interested in the development of green cities and low-carbon development.
Table of Contents
- Creating Zero Waste Cities through Optimised Material Flow, Sustainable Design & Behaviour Change
- Evaluating the Mauritian Land Use Planning Capacity Towards Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation
- City Space Evolution of Dalian, China
- Building Sustainable Communities through Integrating Net-Zero Energy Strategies
- Evolution of Low-carbon City Theory & Practice
- Empowering Land Use Zoning Codes in Urban Stormwater & Green Infrastructure Management
- Green Urbanism & Sustainable Buildings - Analysis & Perceptions
- Controlling Growth Smartly: An Overview of the Impact of Growth Boundaries & Greenbelts on Affordable Housing
- Green Transportation: Bicycle Planning Efforts in Local Plans
- Utilization & Implementation of Green Infrastructure: Through GIS Based Modeling
- Index.
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