Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780367134952 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 264 str.

Billy Fields; John L. Renne

Opis

Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities outlines and explains adaptation urbanism as a theoretical framework for understanding and evaluating resilience projects in cities and relates it to pressing contemporary policy issues related to urban climate change mitigation and adaption.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Urban Resilience  3. From Urban Resilience to Street Resilience: Rethinking the Role of Streets in the Climate-Adapted City  4. Adaptation Urbanism: An Urban Resilience Policy Framework  5. Rotterdam: The Resilient Delta City  6. Building on the Base: Copenhagen Climate Innovation  7. London: From Regional Resilience to Healthy Streets  8. New Orleans: When Bouncing Back is Not Enough  9. South Florida and Miami: Rising Seas and a Fragmented Response  10. Adaptation Urbanism: European and North American Examples  11. Adaptation Urbanism: Policy Implications  12. Conclusion: The Emerging Era of Resilient Streets