Resilient Cities Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

Name: Resilient Cities Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
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ISBN: 9781597264990

ISBN-10: 1597264997

ISBN-13: 9781597264990

Edition: 2nd 2008

Authors: Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

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Half of the world's inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many citiesespecially in the United Statesconsume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. But our planet is rapidly running out of the carbon-based fuels that have powered urban growth for centuries and we seem to be unable to curb our greenhouse gas emissions. Are the world's cities headed for inevitable collapse? The authors of this spirited book don't believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas.…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 1/9/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Urban Resilience: Cities of Fear and Hope



Climate Change and Peak Oil: The Double Whammy for Resource-Intensive Cities



Four Scenarios for the Future of Cities: Collapse, Ruralized, Divided, or Resilient City



A Vision for Resilient Cities: The Built Environment



Hope for Resilient Cities: Transport



Conclusion: Ten Strategic Steps toward a Resilient City


References


Index