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Mitigating Climate Change The Emerging Face of Modern Cities /
With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development. Considerable attention is now being paid to determine what urban sustainability would include. Today there is a pressing n...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | Springer Environmental Science and Engineering,
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- SECTION 1: URBAN POLICIES AND PRACTICES
- Is Smart Growth Really So Smart?
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool in reducing a community's ecological footprint
- Resource-Centered Cities and the Opportunity of Shrinkage
- Understanding Local Government Resilience: A case study on how the local government of Marikina City reacted to the flood in September 2009
- SECTION 2: URBAN TRANSPORTATION
- Urban Public Transportation System in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation: Emerging Issues and Research Needs in India
- Emissions Models as a Design Tool for Urban Transportation Planners
- Mobility With the Focus on Mitigating Climate Change In Urban Centers: Open Innovation and Pricing as Key Elements for Customer-Focused Strategies and Measures
- An Approach to tackle Urban Congestion and Vehicle Emission by manipulating Transport Operations and Vehicle Mix
- SECTION 3: URBAN REMODELLING
- Climate Change and Cities - Mitigation through the Effective Management of Waste
- Multiplier Effect: High Performance Construction Assemblies and Urban Density in US Housing
- Climate change impacts on housing energy consumption and its adaptation pathways
- European citizens, carbon footprints and their determinants - lifestyles and urban form
- Assessment of Urban Heat Island and Mitigation by Urban Green Coverage
- Urban climate change mitigation in Mexico City: Innovative solutions in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants.