Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

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"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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.
Temas:
Environment.
Architecture.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban ecology (Biology).
Environmental Sciences.
Cities, Countries, Regions.
Urban Sociology.
Urban Ecology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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