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Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

"Cities are green" is becoming a common refrain.  But Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address climate change.  In this groundbreaking new work, he shows how such regionally scaled urbanism can be combi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calthorpe, Peter (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2011.
Edición:1st ed. 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Urbanism and Climate Change -- 2. The Fifty-year Experiment -- 3. Toward a Green Urban Future -- 4. Design for Urbanism -- 5. The Urban Footprint -- 6. The Urban Network -- 7. The California Experiment -- 8. Four American Futures -- 9. A Sustainable Future -- Notes -- Index. 
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