Cities face critical challenges connected to population growth,
urbanisation, and climate change. Fundamental transformations in
urban planning, community design, and infrastructure development
are absolutely needed to address the problems raised by land use
changes. A transition from conventional urban development models to
a green or low-carbon future needs to change the system of the
"systems", such as energy, water, waste, mobility, and
infrastructure systems. Cities are facing huge pressure and great
opportunities to make these transitions through more effective
arrangement of land use development footprints. This book
introduces the significant trend of urban planning towards green
growth and low-carbon development patterns and reviews the history
of urban development models while illustrating key concepts
underpinning theories of green growth and low-carbon development.
Introduced in this book are broad concepts of urban and land use
planning, and a description of practical planning approaches. The
authors explain how to incorporate core "green" and "low-carbon"
concepts into urban planning and community development. Also
discussed are the tools and processes necessary to develop a green
and low-carbon development strategy where the major methods include
energy conservation and efficiency, transportation planning,
liveability and walkability techniques, environmental planning, low
impact community design skills, planning support systems, and
public participation. A diverse range of examples, from North
America, Europe, Africa, and China, are provided to analyse the
barriers and solutions in socio-technical transitions emerging in
different urban contexts. An international context of urban
planning and a proposed model to assess future conditions, evaluate
policy choices, create visions, and compare scenarios is presented.
This book can help academics, policy makers, practitioners and
researchers interested in the development of green cities and
low-carbon development.
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