Cities Demanding The Earth
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Cities Demanding The Earth
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Author : Taylor, Peter
language : en
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Release Date : 2020-03-25
Cities Demanding The Earth written by Taylor, Peter and has been published by Bristol University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-25 with Political Science categories.
This urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.
Cities Demanding The Earth
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Author : Taylor, Peter
language : en
Publisher: Policy Press
Release Date : 2020-03-25
Cities Demanding The Earth written by Taylor, Peter and has been published by Policy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-25 with Political Science categories.
This urgent book brings our cities to the fore in understanding the human input into climate change. The demands we are making on nature by living in cities has reached a crisis point and unless we make significant changes to address it, the prognosis is terminal consumption. Providing a radical new argument that integrates global understandings of making nature and making cities, the authors move beyond current policies of mitigation and adaption and pose the challenge of urban stewardship to tackle the crisis. Their new way of thinking re-orients possibilities for environmental policy and calls for us to reinvent our cities as spaces for activism.
Cities For A Small Planet
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Author : Richard Rogers
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2008-08-01
Cities For A Small Planet written by Richard Rogers and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-01 with Art categories.
Nothing else damages the earth's environment more than our cities. As the world's population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. Meanwhile, from the isolated, gated communities within Houston and Los Angeles, to the millions of residents of Bombay living in squalor, the city has failed to serve its ideal functions as the cradle of civilization, the engine of culture, and the inspiration for community and citizenship. In Cities for a Small Planet, Sir Richard Rogers, one of the world's leading architects and the designer of the Pompidou Center in Paris, demonstrates how future cities could provide the springboard for restoring humanity's harmony with its environment. Rogers outlines the disastrous impact cities have had and will continue to have on our world, from waste-saturated Tokyo Bay, to the massive plumes of pollution caused by London's traffic, to the depleted water resources of Mexico City. He traces these problems to the underlying social and cultural values that create them -- unchecked commercial zeal, selfish individualism, and a lack of community. Bringing to bear concepts such as that of "open-minded" space -- places within cities that serve multiple functions such as markets, parks, and sidewalk cafes -- he explains how urban design can be used to give citizens a sense of shared experience. The city built with comfortable and safe public space can bring diverse groups together and breed a sense of tolerance, awareness, identity, and mutual respect. He calls for a new theoretical shift in the way cities do business and interact with the environment, arguing that many products come to market and are sold without figuring their social or environmental cost. Rogers goes on to describe the city of the future: one that is sustainable within its own environment; that can make a positive impact on its surroundings; that encourages communication among its citizens; that is compact and focused around neighborhoods; and that is beautiful, a city whose buildings and spaces spark the creative potential of its inhabitants. As our population grows larger, our planet grows smaller. Cities for a Small Planet is a passionate and eloquent blueprint for the cities we must create in response, cities that provide for the needs of both their residents and the earth on which they live.
Illustrated Universal History
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Author : Israel Smith Clare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
Illustrated Universal History written by Israel Smith Clare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with World history categories.
Rethinking Environmental Security
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Author : Dalby, Simon
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2022-05-06
Rethinking Environmental Security written by Dalby, Simon and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-06 with Political Science categories.
This timely Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems provides a comprehensive overview of current research and industrial applications as well as suggestions for future developments. Multi-disciplinary in scope, the Handbook includes rigorously researched contributions from over 80 global expert authors from a variety of areas including administration and management, economics, computer science, industrial engineering, and media and communication.
Future Cities All That Matters
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Author : Camilla Ween
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-06-27
Future Cities All That Matters written by Camilla Ween and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-27 with Architecture categories.
In Future Cities: All that Matters Camilla Ween will outline the challenges of meeting the anticipated growth of world cities over the next few decades. By 2030 it is predicted that between 80-90 % of the world's population will be living in cities, in several countries this will be 100%; Singapore is already classified as having a 100% urban population. There will be many cities with populations of over 20 million. The infrastructure required to support these cities will be a massive challenge for city planners and governments. Never in the history of civilisation has the need to deliver so much been so urgent - and with dwindling world resources. Tackling the challenges will be further complicated by pressure to develop solutions that are sustainable and include climate change mitigation measures. Some advocate geo-engineering - the large-scale engineering and manipulation of the world's environment e.g. ocean fertilisation to remove CO2 from the atmosphere, as the answer to tackling climate change. Others see this as a doomsday scenario and believe the solution lies in behaviour adaptation, changing the way we live and making do with less. Despite the difficulties, the book will chart how some cities are already tackling the problems, policies that are emerging to meet these challenges and will highlight innovations that are currently being explored.
Cities For A Small Planet
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Author : Richard George Rogers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Cities For A Small Planet written by Richard George Rogers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Architecture and environment categories.
Three quarters of the world's population will be living in cities by the year 2025. The author argues that unless cities are transformed, the environment and people's rights will never be properly respected.
The Earth S Human Carrying Capacity
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Author : Frederic R. Siegel
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-08-02
The Earth S Human Carrying Capacity written by Frederic R. Siegel and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-02 with Science categories.
This book focuses on the Earth’s carrying capacity to service the needs of its human populations as well as preserve the ecosystems that provide natural resources that sustain life and support human activities in 2020 and later in the century (2050 and beyond). It addresses the two principal factors that challenge the limits of the carrying capacity: growing populations/demographic moves and global warming/climate change. It also covers the effects that these factors have on water availability, food security, sanitation and natural resources. The status of these basic needs that sustain life and societal activities with respect to population increases and global warming driven climate changes are discussed on two time frames. One with respect to the 2020 and the other with measured and computer guided projected future impacts later as the century progresses to 2050 and later, Attention is given to Africa, Asia, and somewhat for South America because of their projected increases in population. The purpose of the book is to provide those in decision-making roles and those that advise them with a sound set of facts and figures to think about to support their decisions/actions. A secondary purpose is to present data that stresses the need to act now, firmly and with investment to plan to adapt to changing conditions rather than wait until forced to do so. The book also discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the world’s societies and how they have reacted. The book will be of use to students in first/second year of college/university programs in Environmental Sciences/Studies, demographics, and ancillary fields such as agriculture science, urban/land use planners, political science, public health, and consultants at academic and professional levels.
Cities People Planet
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Author : Herbert Girardet
language : en
Publisher: Academy Press
Release Date : 2004-12-15
Cities People Planet written by Herbert Girardet and has been published by Academy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-12-15 with Architecture categories.
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The Growth Of Cities
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Author : Robert Snedden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Growth Of Cities written by Robert Snedden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Cities and towns categories.
A series that considers the way Earth`s landscape is constantly changing, both through natural processes and human activity.