Resilient cities : overcoming fossil fuel dependence / / Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

• Autore: Newman Peter <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XIV, 248 p. 2 illus.)
• Disciplina: 363.7
• Soggetto topico: Environmental sciences; Regional planning; Transportation
• Persona (resp. second.): BeatleyTimothy <1957->; BoyerHeather
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Subscribe -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION: Urban Resilience: Cities of Fear and Hope -- Why Concentrate on Cities? -- What Are Resilient Cities? -- Sustainable Cities, Resilient Cities, and Regenerative Cities -- Decoupling: A Cause for Hope? -- Map of the Book -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 1: Invest in Renewable and Distributed Energy -- What Is Happening with Renewables Across the World? -- What Will Happen to Our Cities' Power Grids in the Transition to Renewables? -- Moving toward Distributed Energy -- What about Industry? -- What about City Initiatives, Buildings, and Urban Development? -- Conclusion -- Business -- Government -- Community -- CHAPTER 2: Create Sustainable Mobility Systems -- Is Transport Transitioning to Renewable Fuels? -- Electric Vehicles -- Renewable Fuels -- Biofuels -- Renewable Gas for Freight -- Will Autonomous Vehicles Transform Our Cities? -- Time Savings -- Safety -- What Is Happening to Cause Peak Car? -- Urban Regeneration Is Competing with Urban Sprawl -- Transit Is Competing with Cars in Time and Cost -- The Knowledge Economy and a More Urban Culture Are Driving Business and Community -- Can We Reduce Car Use 50 Percent and Oil Use 80 percent by 2050 and 100 percent by 2100? -- Reducing Travel -- Reducing Demand for the Automobile -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 3: Foster Inclusive and Healthy Cities -- What Is an Inclusive and Healthy City? -- What Is Inclusive and Healthy Housing? -- Resilience for Whom? How Do We Protect All Citizens? -- How Can Planners and Policy Makers Work Toward Inclusive and Healthy Cities Globally? -- Inclusive Cities in the Developing World -- Conclusion -- Business -- Government -- Community -- CHAPTER 4: Shape Disaster Recovery for the Future. ; How Can a City Recover from a Disaster in a Way That Creates a Better Future for the City? -- How Can a City Respond to a Slow-Moving Disaster in a Way That Creates a Better Future for the City? -- The Perth Water Supply -- How Can Smart Technologies Help in Disaster Preparedness and at the Same Time Reduce Fossil Fuel Dependence? -- Conclusion -- Business -- Government -- Community -- CHAPTER 5: Build Biophilic Urbanism in the City and Its Bioregion -- What Is Biophilic Urbanism, and How Does It Fit into the Urban Fabric? -- Green Roofs -- Green Walls -- Why Is Biophilic Urbanism a Necessary Part of Overcoming Fossil Fuel Dependence in Cities? -- Making Density More Appealing -- Carbon Sequestration -- Reduced Urban Heat Island Effect and Reduced Energy Consumption -- What Are Other Benefits of Biophilic Urbanism? -- Water Management -- Water Quality -- Air Quality -- Biodiversity Conservation -- Sociopsychological Benefits -- Improved Mental Health and Reduced Stress -- Attention Restoration and Increased Well-being and Productivity -- Faster Healing Rates in Hospitals -- Decreased Violence and Crime with Greater Altruistic Behavior -- Economic Benefits -- What Is the Role of Biophilic Urbanism in Helping City Management Repair Bioregional Systems? -- Lessons Learned from Singapore -- Density as an Advantage in Biophilic Urban Design -- Biophilic Cities' Contributions to Local Biodiversity -- Emergence of New Types of Urban Biodiversity -- Other Bioregional Benefits -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 6: Produce a More Cyclical and Regenerative Metabolism -- What Are Planetary Boundaries and the Anthropocene, and How Do They Prevent Our Continuing with the Extractive City? -- Can Urban Geoengineering Prevent the Anthropocene? -- How Can Urban Metabolism Help Cities Move Beyond Resilience to Regeneration?. ; How Do the Different Urban Fabrics Vary in Their Metabolism? -- Energy -- Basic Raw Materials -- Metabolism of the Three Urban Fabrics -- How Can Each Urban Fabric Develop a More Regenerative Metabolism? -- Town Planning Implications -- Conclusion -- CONCLUSION: Growing Regeneratively -- Appendix: Metabolism Tables -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: What does it mean to be a resilient city in the age of a changing climate and growing inequity? As urban populations grow, how do we create efficient transportation systems, access to healthy green space, and lower-carbon buildings for all citizens? The authors respond to these questions in this revised and updated edition. Since the first edition was published in 2009, interest in resilience has surged, in part due to increasingly frequent and deadly natural disasters, and in part due to the contribution of our cities to climate change. The number of new initiatives and approaches from citizens and all levels of government show the promise as well as the challenges of creating cities that are truly resilient. The authors’ hopeful approach to creating cities that are not only resilient, but striving to become regenerative, is now organized around their characteristics of a resilient city. A resilient city is one that uses renewable and distributed energy; has an efficient and regenerative metabolism; offers inclusive and healthy places; fosters biophilic and naturally adaptive systems; is invested in disaster preparedness; and is designed around efficient urban fabrics that allow for sustainable mobility. This second edition reveals how the resilient city characteristics have been achieved in communities around the globe. The authors offer stories, insights, and inspiration for urban planners, policymakers, and professionals interested in creating more sustainable, equitable, and, eventually, regenerative cities. Most importantly, the book is about overcoming fear and generating hope in our cities. Cities will need to claim a different future that helps us regenerate the whole planet–this is the challenge of resilient cities.
• Titolo autorizzato: Resilient cities
• ISBN: 1-61091-686-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910254017403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II