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Resilient Sustainable Cities - A Future (Hardcover, New)
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Resilient Sustainable Cities - A Future (Hardcover, New)
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Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 three
quarters of the world's people will live in urban environments. The
cars we drive, products we consume, houses we live in and
technology we use will all determine how sustainable our cities
will be. Bridging the increasing divide between cross-disciplinary
academic insights and the latest practical innovations, Resilient
Sustainable Cities provides an integrated approach for long term
future planning within the context of the city as a whole system.
In the next 30 years cities will face their biggest challenges yet,
as a result of long term, or 'slow burn' issues: population growth
will stretch to the breaking point urban infrastructure and service
capacity; resource scarcity, such as peak oil; potable water and
food security, will dramatically change what we consume and how;
environmental pressures will change how we live and where and;
shifting demographic preferences will exacerbate urban pressures.
Cities can't keep doing what they've always done and cope - we need
to change current urban development to achieve resilient,
sustainable cities. Resilient Sustainable Cities provides practical
and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students
on how to deliver cities which are resilient to 'slow burn' issues
and achieve sustainability. The book is organized around three
overarching themes: pathways to the future innovation to deliver
the future leadership and governance issues The book includes a
variety of perspectives conveyed through international case studies
and examples of cities that have transformed for a sustainable
future, exploring their successes and failures to ensure that
readers are left with ideas on how to turn their city into a
resilient sustainable city for the future.
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