State of the World Can a City Be Sustainable?

• Συλλογικό Έργο: Worldwatch Institute (Συγγραφέας), SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
• Σειρά: State of the World
• Θέματα: Environment.; Urban geography.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development.; Urban economics.; Sustainable Development.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Urban Ecology.; Urban Economics.; Urbanism.

This volume first puts our current moment in context, tracing cities in the arc of human history. It also examines the basic structural elements of every city: materials and fuels; people and economics; and biodiversity. In part two, professionals working on some of the world’s most inventive urban...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword
• Foreword
• World's Cities at a Glance
• Part I: Cities as Human Constructs
• 1. Imagining a Sustainable City
• 2. Cities in the Arc of Human History: A Materials Perspective
• 3. The City: A System of Systems
• 4. Toward a Vision of Sustainable Cities
• 5. The Energy Wildcard: Possible Energy Constraints to Further Urbanization
• Part II: The Urban Climate Challenge
• 6. Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Scope of the Challenge
• 7. Urbanism and Global Sprawl
• City View: Shanghai, China
• 8. Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Buildings
• City View: Freiberg, Germany
• 9. Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Crisis of Opportunity
• City View: Melbourne, Australia
• 10. Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy in Cities Possible?- City View: Vancouver, Canada
• 11. Supporting Sustainable Transportation
• 12. Urban Transport and Climate Change
• City View: Singapore
• 13. Source Reduction and Recycling of Waste
• City View: Ahmedabad and Pune, India
• 14. Solid Waste and Climate Change
• City View: Barcelona, Spain
• 15. Rural-Urban Migration, Lifestyles, and Deforestation
• Part III: Politics, Equity, and Livability
• 16. Remunicipalization, the Low-Carbon Transition, and Energy Democracy
• City View: Portland, Oregon, United States
• 17. The Vital Role of Biodiversity in Urban Sustainability
• City View: Jerusalem, Israel
• 18. The Inclusive City: Urban Planning for Diversity and Social Cohesion
• City View: Durban, South Africa
• 19. Urbanization, Inclusion, and Social Justice
• Notes
• Index. .