The Agile City Building Well-being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Russell, James S. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, 2012.
• Θέματα: Environment.; Buildings.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Climate change.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Climate Change.; Urbanism.; Environmental Management.; Building Types and Functions.; Urban Ecology.; Sustainable Development.

Americans are waking up to the realization that global warming poses real challenges to the nation’s prosperity. In The Agile City, journalist and urban analyst James S. Russell engages the million dollar question: what do we do about it? The answer lies in changing our fundamental approach to growt...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgments
• Prologue: Carbon-neutral Now
• Introduction: The Concrete Metropolis in a Dynamic Era
• Part 1: The Land. 1. Climate Change in the Landscapes of Speculation
• 2. A New Land Ethos. Part 2: Repairing The Dysfunctional Growth Machine. 3. Real Estate: Financing Agile Growth
• 4. Re-engineering Transportation
• 5. Ending the Water Wars
• 6. Megaburbs: The Unacknowledged Metropolis
• Part 3: Agile Urban Futures. 7. Building Adaptive Places
• 8. Creating Twenty-first-century Community
• 9.  Loose-fit Urbanism
• 10. Green Grows the Future
• Epilogue: Tools to Build Civic Engagement.