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Title: |
Towards Green Growth & Low-Carbon Urban Development |
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| Edited by: |
Zhenghong Tang, Wei Dong, Yunwoo Nam |
| ISBN10-13: |
1624178588 : 9781624178580 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
260x180mm |
| Pages: |
261 |
| Weight: |
.578 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - June 2013 |
| List Price: |
212.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Environmental science, engineering & technology |
| Cities face critical challenges connected to population growth, urbanisation, and climate change. Fundamental transformations in urban planning, community design, and infrastructure development are absolutely needed to address the problems raised by land use changes. A transition from conventional urban development models to a green or low-carbon future needs to change the system of the "systems", such as energy, water, waste, mobility, and infrastructure systems. Cities are facing huge pressure and great opportunities to make these transitions through more effective arrangement of land use development footprints. This book introduces the significant trend of urban planning towards green growth and low-carbon development patterns and reviews the history of urban development models while illustrating key concepts underpinning theories of green growth and low-carbon development. Introduced in this book are broad concepts of urban and land use planning, and a description of practical planning approaches. The authors explain how to incorporate core "green" and "low-carbon" concepts into urban planning and community development. Also discussed are the tools and processes necessary to develop a green and low-carbon development strategy where the major methods include energy conservation and efficiency, transportation planning, liveability and walkability techniques, environmental planning, low impact community design skills, planning support systems, and public participation. A diverse range of examples, from North America, Europe, Africa, and China, are provided to analyse the barriers and solutions in socio-technical transitions emerging in different urban contexts. An international context of urban planning and a proposed model to assess future conditions, evaluate policy choices, create visions, and compare scenarios is presented. This book can help academics, policy makers, practitioners and researchers interested in the development of green cities and low-carbon development. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Creating Zero Waste Cities through Optimised Material Flow, Sustainable Design & Behaviour Change; Evaluating the Mauritian Land Use Planning Capacity Towards Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation; City Space Evolution of Dalian, China; Building Sustainable Communities through Integrating Net-Zero Energy Strategies; Evolution of Low-carbon City Theory & Practice; Empowering Land Use Zoning Codes in Urban Stormwater & Green Infrastructure Management; Green Urbanism & Sustainable Buildings - Analysis & Perceptions; Controlling Growth Smartly: An Overview of the Impact of Growth Boundaries & Greenbelts on Affordable Housing; Green Transportation: Bicycle Planning Efforts in Local Plans; Utilization & Implementation of Green Infrastructure: Through GIS Based Modeling; Index. |
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