Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Calthorpe, Peter (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Architecture.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Climate change.; Climate Change.; Cities, Countries, Regions.; Urbanism.; Urban Ecology.

“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...