Quintessential Cities, Accountable to the Future - Sustainability, Innovation and Citizenship (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)

Thisbook can be seen as the third part of an unofficial trilogy on Sustainable Cities of the Future with the author's previous books 'Sustainable Development, Energy and the City' and 'Sustainable Cities for the third millennium: The Odyssey of urban excellence', both prefaced by Prof. Sir Peter Hall. All three booksfollow the evolving forefront of innovations towards Sustainable Cities. They collectively try to respond to the questions: What future cities wish to build (with their scarcities and capacities) on a finite planet? What do-they do to achieve this? How do-they contribute to redesign the world? The third book adopts, first and foremost, a strategic foresight approach including a scan of the future trends, tensions and risks in a more uncertain world, the possible and preferable futures, emerging policy issues, such as intergenerational cities or cities welcoming the immigrants and their impact on sustainable development, the Rio+20 prospects and the effects of the protracted crisis, efforts by world interconnected cities, including a case-study on Bangkok, a laboratory of urban change, and examples of frugal and resilient urban policies.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Voula Mega
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	279
Edition:	2013 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4614-7347-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > Economic geography Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Promotions
LSN:	1-4614-7347-0
Barcode:	9781461473473

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