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Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities outlines and explains
adaptation urbanism as a theoretical framework for understanding
and evaluating resilience projects in cities and relates it to
pressing contemporary policy issues related to urban climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Through a series of detailed case
studies, this book uncovers the promise and tensions of a new wave
of resilient communities in Europe (Copenhagen, Rotterdam, and
London), and the United States (New Orleans and South Florida). In
addition, best practice projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Delft,
Utrecht, and Vancouver are examined. The authors highlight how
these communities are reinventing the role of streets and
connecting public spaces in adapting to and mitigating climate
change through green/blue infrastructure planning, maintaining and
enhancing sustainable transportation options, and struggling to
ensure equitable development for all residents. The case studies
demonstrate that while there are some more universal aspects to
encouraging adaptation urbanism, there are also important local
characteristics that need to be both acknowledged and celebrated to
help local communities thrive in the era of climate change. The
book also provides key policy lessons and a roadmap for future
research in adaptation urbanism. Advancing resilience policy
discourse through multidisciplinary framework this work will be of
great interest to students of urban planning, geography,
transportation, landscape architecture, and environmental studies,
as well as resilience practitioners around the world.
Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities outlines and explains
adaptation urbanism as a theoretical framework for understanding
and evaluating resilience projects in cities and relates it to
pressing contemporary policy issues related to urban climate change
mitigation and adaptation. Through a series of detailed case
studies, this book uncovers the promise and tensions of a new wave
of resilient communities in Europe (Copenhagen, Rotterdam, and
London), and the United States (New Orleans and South Florida). In
addition, best practice projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Delft,
Utrecht, and Vancouver are examined. The authors highlight how
these communities are reinventing the role of streets and
connecting public spaces in adapting to and mitigating climate
change through green/blue infrastructure planning, maintaining and
enhancing sustainable transportation options, and struggling to
ensure equitable development for all residents. The case studies
demonstrate that while there are some more universal aspects to
encouraging adaptation urbanism, there are also important local
characteristics that need to be both acknowledged and celebrated to
help local communities thrive in the era of climate change. The
book also provides key policy lessons and a roadmap for future
research in adaptation urbanism. Advancing resilience policy
discourse through multidisciplinary framework this work will be of
great interest to students of urban planning, geography,
transportation, landscape architecture, and environmental studies,
as well as resilience practitioners around the world.
Seventy percent of the oil America uses each year goes to
transportation. In "Transport Beyond Oil", leading experts show how
to slash that statistic and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The
authors demonstrate that smarter development and land use
decisions, paired with better transportation systems, can
dramatically lower energy consumption. John Renne calculates how
oil can be saved through a future with more transit-oriented
development. Petra Todorovitch examines the promise of high speed
rail. Peter Newman envisions 100 per cent oil-free cities through
the development of electric-transit, renewable natural gas, and
other sustainable energy sources. Additional topics include funding
transit, freight transport, and non-motorised transportation
systems. Each chapter provides policy prescriptions and their
measurable results. "Transport Beyond Oil" delivers practical
solutions, based on quantitative data. This fact-based approach
offers a new vision of travel that is both transformational and
achievable.
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