The Green City
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The Green City
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Author : Nicholas Low
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-05-09
The Green City written by Nicholas Low and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-09 with Architecture categories.
A team of city-building professionals explain in straightforward terms how the idea of ecological sustainability can be embodied in the everyday life of homes, communities and cities to make a better future.The book considers - and answers - three questions: What does the global agenda of sustainable development mean for the urban spaces where most
Green City
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Author : Allan Drummond
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Release Date : 2016-03-15
Green City written by Allan Drummond and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
In 2007, a tornado destroyed Greensburg, Kansas, and the residents were at a loss as to what to do next--they didn't want to rebuild if their small town would just be destroyed in another storm. So they decided they wouldn't just rebuild the same old thing; this time, they would build a town that could not only survive another storm, but one that was built in an environmentally sustainable way. Told from the point of view of a child whose family rebuilt after the storm, this companion to Energy Island is the inspiring story of the difference one community can make--and it includes plenty of rebuilding scenes and details for construction lovers, too!
The Green City
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Author : Roger Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Lawrence Verry Incorporated
Release Date : 1979
The Green City written by Roger Johnson and has been published by Lawrence Verry Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with City planning categories.
Tina And The Green City
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Author : Carole Douglis
language : en
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Release Date : 2005
Tina And The Green City written by Carole Douglis and has been published by UNEP/Earthprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Urban ecology categories.
Tina and the Green City tells the story of Tina who, inspired by her grandmother's stories of how green the city used to be, decides to take matters into her own hands and, with the help of her friends, make the city green once more. The end of the publication contains a number of facts and figures about the environment and cities, we well as some suggestions as to what you can do to help improve your local environment (published by UNEP).
Making Green Cities
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Author : Jürgen Breuste
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-02-22
Making Green Cities written by Jürgen Breuste and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-22 with Science categories.
This book shows what role nature can play in a city and how this can make it a better place for people to live. People, planners, designers and politicians are working towards the development of green cities. Some cities are already promoted as green cities, while others are on their way to become one. But their goals are often unclear and can include different facets. Presenting contributions from world leading researchers in the field of urban ecology, the editors provide an interdisciplinary overview of best practices and challenges in creating green cities. They show examples of how to build up these cities from bits and pieces to districts and urban extensions. Each example concludes with a summary of the collected knowledge, the learning points and how this can be used in other places. The best practices are collected from around the world – Europe, Australia, America and Asia. The new dynamic urban development of Asia is illustrated by case studies from China and the Indian subcontinent. The reader will learn which role nature can play in green cities and what the basic requirements are in terms of culture, pre-existing nature conditions, existing urban surroundings, history, design and planning.
The Green City And Social Injustice
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Author : Isabelle Anguelovski
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-11-29
The Green City And Social Injustice written by Isabelle Anguelovski and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-29 with Architecture categories.
The Green City and Social Injustice examines the recent urban environmental trajectory of 21 cities in Europe and North America over a 20-year period. It analyses the circumstances under which greening interventions can create a new set of inequalities for socially vulnerable residents while also failing to eliminate other environmental risks and impacts. Based on fieldwork in ten countries and on the analysis of core planning, policy and activist documents and data, the book offers a critical view of the growing green planning orthodoxy in the Global North. It highlights the entanglements of this tenet with neoliberal municipal policies including budget cuts for community initiatives, long-term green spaces and housing for the most fragile residents; and the focus on large-scale urban redevelopment and high-end real estate investment. It also discusses hopeful experiences from cities where urban greening has long been accompanied by social equity policies or managed by community groups organizing around environmental justice goals and strategies. The book examines how displacement and gentrification in the context of greening are not only physical but also socio-cultural, creating new forms of social erasure and trauma for vulnerable residents. Its breadth and diversity allow students, scholars and researchers to debunk the often-depoliticized branding and selling of green cities and reinsert core equity and justice issues into green city planning—a much-needed perspective. Building from this critical view, the book also shows how cities that prioritize equity in green access, in secure housing and in bold social policies can achieve both environmental and social gains for all.
Green Cities
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Author : Matthew E. Kahn
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2007-04-01
Green Cities written by Matthew E. Kahn and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Political Science categories.
What is a green city? What does it mean to say that San Francisco or Vancouver is more "green" than Houston or Beijing? When does urban growth lower environmental quality, and when does it yield environmental gains? How can cities deal with the environmental challenges posed by growth? These are the questions Matthew Kahn takes on in this smart and engaging book. Written in a lively, accessible style, Green Cities takes the reader on a tour of the extensive economic literature on the environmental consequences of urban growth. Kahn starts with an exploration of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC)—the hypothesis that the relationship between environmental quality and per capita income follows a bell-shaped curve. He then analyzes several critiques of the EKC and discusses the implications of growth in urban population and surface area, as well as income. The concluding chapter addresses the role of cities in promoting climate change and asks how cities in turn are likely to be affected by this trend. As Kahn points out, although economics is known as the "dismal science," economists are often quite optimistic about the relationship between urban development and the environment. In contrast, many ecologists and environmentalists remain wary of the environmental consequences of free-market growth. Rather than try to settle this dispute, this book conveys the excitement of an ongoing debate. Green Cities does not provide easy answers complex dilemmas. It does something more important—it provides the tools readers need to analyze these issues on their own.
A City In Blue And Green
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Author : Peter G. Rowe
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-08-30
A City In Blue And Green written by Peter G. Rowe and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-30 with Science categories.
This open access book highlights Singapore’s development into a city in which water and greenery, along with associated environmental, technical, social and political aspects have been harnessed and cultivated into a liveable sustainable way of life. It is also a story about a unique and thoroughgoing approach to large-scale and potentially transferable water sustainability, within largely urbanized circumstances, which can be achieved, along with complementary roles of environmental conservation, ecology, public open-space management and the greening of buildings, together with infrastructural improvements.
Towards Green Cities
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Author : Karsten Grunewald
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-08-05
Towards Green Cities written by Karsten Grunewald and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-05 with Science categories.
The book aims to capture, describe and convey the current significance, the values and potentials of urban biodiversity and ecosystem services to scientists and professionals in the context of sustainable urban development and ongoing urbanization processes. Current developments, different approaches and future challenges in the competition of green spaces and urban land consumption in China and Germany are elaborated, discussed and illustrated within case studies and good practice examples. The strategic goal is a long-term appreciation of the potentials and increased consideration of urban green spaces in city planning and development. This book provides tangible recommendations for urban planners, politicians and stakeholders in the fields of green infrastructure at the interface of environment and urban landscape.
The Economy Of Green Cities
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Author : Richard Simpson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-11-06
The Economy Of Green Cities written by Richard Simpson and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-06 with Science categories.
This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level.