This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. Urban
planners around the world are increasingly concerned with creating
and maintaining cities that are healthy for both the environment
and for individuals. Cities are at the forefront of the trend
toward sustainable living, since they are the site of concentrated
population, resource use, and greenhouse gas emissions, yet also
have the tools and the resources to address climate change and
environmental degradation. Part of the modern urban planner's
challenge is to impact individual behavior on a systemic, urban
scale, since sustainable cities are made up of systems that
encourage sustainable behavior. The articles chosen for this
compendium cover many aspects of urban living on this individual
yet systematic scale. Included are chapters that focus on: How
individuals, households, and cities use resources and create
greenhouse gas emissions How urban resources can be expanded to
include waste streams Options for measuring and encouraging
sustainable transportation Cities' renewable and non-renewable
energy demands Sustainable housing solutions Case studies and
up-to-date research provide urban planners with new options for
creating cities that will meet the demands of the twenty-first
century. Also appropriate for graduate students who are preparing
for careers related to urban planning, this compendium captures and
integrates the current work being done in this vitally important
field.
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