The future of our cities is not what it used to be. The modern-city
model that took hold globally in the twentieth century has outlived
its usefulness. It cannot solve the problems it helped to
create—especially global warming. Fortunately, a new model for
urban development is emerging in cities to aggressively tackle the
realities of climate change. It transforms the way cities design
and use physical space, generate economic wealth, consume and
dispose of resources, exploit and sustain the natural ecosystems,
and prepare for the future. In Life After Carbon, urban
sustainability consultants Pete Plastrik and John Cleveland
assemble this global pattern of urban reinvention from the stories
of 25 "innovation lab" cities across the globe—from Copenhagen to
Melbourne. A city innovation lab is the entire city—the complex,
messy, real urban world where innovations must work. It is a city
in which government, business, and community leaders take to heart
the challenge of climate change and converge on the radical changes
that are necessary. They free downtowns from cars, turn buildings
into renewable-energy power plants, re-nature entire neighborhoods,
incubate growing numbers of clean-energy and smart-tech companies,
convert waste to energy, and much more. Plastrik and Cleveland show
that four transformational ideas are driving urban climate
innovation around the world, in practice, not just in theory:
carbon-free advantage, efficient abundance, nature's benefits, and
adaptive futures. And these ideas are thriving in markets,
professions, consumer trends, community movements, and "higher"
levels of government that enable cities. Life After Carbon presents
the new ideas that are replacing the pillars of the modern-city
model, converting climate disaster into urban opportunity, and
shaping the next transformation of cities worldwide. It will
inspire anyone who cares about the future of our cities, and help
them to map a sustainable path forward.
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