'One Planet' Cities: Sustaining Humanity Within Planetary Limits

ISBN-13: 9781138615090 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 308 str.

David Thorpe

Opis

This book addresses the crucial question of how the essential needs of the growing human population can be met without breaking the Earth's already-stretched life-support system, and will be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers, alongside students of the built environment, urban planning, environmental policy and energy.

Spis treści

1. Do the Stories We Tell Influence the Future We Will Live In?  2. The Ultimate Problem: Humanity's Limits to Growth  3. Ecological Footprinting and Other Standards  4. Choosing Standards  5. Feeding Cities  6. Regenerative Cities  7. Going Zero Carbon  8. Reinventing Industry  9. Managing Water in The Age of Change  10. Neighbourhoods of The Future  11. The Buildings We Will Live In  12. Moving People and Goods  13. How Smart Is Smart?  14. Where Does the Money Come From?  15. Case Studies  16. Wales and One Planet Development  17. Six Steps to The One Planet City  18. A Vision of The Future

O autorze

David Thorpe is a lecturerin 'one planet' devleopment and governanceat the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, a consultant on renewable energy and sustainable building, and founder/patron of One Planet Council. He is author of numerous articles and books, including Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference (Routledge, 2017), Solar Energy Pocket Reference (Routledge, 2017) and The One Planet Life (Routledge, 2014).