State of the World 2016 Can a City Be Sustainable? /

This volume first puts our current moment in context, tracing cities in the arc of human history. It also examines the basic structural elements of every city: materials and fuels; people and economics; and biodiversity. In part two, professionals working on some of the world's most inventive u...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Worldwatch Institute (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:State of the World,
Temas:
Environment.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban ecology (Biology).
Urban economics.
Environmental Sciences.
Urban Sociology.
Urban Ecology.
Urban Economics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Foreword
  • World's Cities at a Glance
  • Part I: Cities as Human Constructs
  • 1. Imagining a Sustainable City
  • 2. Cities in the Arc of Human History: A Materials Perspective
  • 3. The City: A System of Systems
  • 4. Toward a Vision of Sustainable Cities
  • 5. The Energy Wildcard: Possible Energy Constraints to Further Urbanization
  • Part II: The Urban Climate Challenge
  • 6. Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Scope of the Challenge
  • 7. Urbanism and Global Sprawl
  • City View: Shanghai, China
  • 8. Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Buildings
  • City View: Freiberg, Germany
  • 9. Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Crisis of Opportunity
  • City View: Melbourne, Australia
  • 10. Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy in Cities Possible?- City View: Vancouver, Canada
  • 11. Supporting Sustainable Transportation
  • 12. Urban Transport and Climate Change
  • City View: Singapore
  • 13. Source Reduction and Recycling of Waste
  • City View: Ahmedabad and Pune, India
  • 14. Solid Waste and Climate Change
  • City View: Barcelona, Spain
  • 15. Rural-Urban Migration, Lifestyles, and Deforestation
  • Part III: Politics, Equity, and Livability
  • 16. Remunicipalization, the Low-Carbon Transition, and Energy Democracy
  • City View: Portland, Oregon, United States
  • 17. The Vital Role of Biodiversity in Urban Sustainability
  • City View: Jerusalem, Israel
  • 18. The Inclusive City: Urban Planning for Diversity and Social Cohesion
  • City View: Durban, South Africa
  • 19. Urbanization, Inclusion, and Social Justice
  • Notes
  • Index. .

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