Creating Low Carbon Cities

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dhakal, Shobhakar (Editor), Ruth, Matthias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Environment.; Renewable energy resources.; Climate change.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Air pollution.; Sustainable Development.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Environmental Management.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.

This book addresses key topics in the current deliberations and debates on low carbon cities that are underway globally. Contributions by experts from around the world focus on the key factors required for creating low carbon cities. These include appropriate infrastructure, ensuring co-benefits of...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter1. Challenges and opportunities for transition to low carbon cities
• Chapter2. Big data, people and low carbon cities
• Chapter3. Co-benefits and co-costs of climate action plans for low-carbon cities
• Chapter4. Optimizing Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities for Low Carbon Development
• Chapter5. Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities
• Chapter6. Emerging low-carbon urban mega-projects
• Chapter7. Energy consumption and emissions assessment in cities: an overview
• Chapter8. Low carbon urban design: potentials and opportunities
• Chapter9. Low carbon cities: The Chinese experience
• Chapter10. Low-carbon urban infrastructure
• Chapter11. Low-carbon waste management
• Chapter12. Managing greenhouse gases emissions in cities: the role of inventories and mitigation actions planning
• Chapter13. Social factors affecting low carbon cities
• Chapter14. Key drivers and trends of urban greenhouse gas emissions
• Chapter15. Potential transformation pathways towards low carbon cities: the big picture
• Chapter16. Eco-Districts as a transition pathway to low-carbon cities.