Life After Carbon

• Main Authors: Plastrik, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Cleveland, John (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Sustainable architecture.; Industrial management-Environmental aspects.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Renewable energy resources.; Air pollution.; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.; Sustainability Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

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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.