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The Urban Fix
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Author : Douglas Kelbaugh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-04-01
The Urban Fix written by Douglas Kelbaugh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-01 with Architecture categories.
Cities are one of the most significant contributors to global climate change. The rapid speed at which urban centers use large amounts of resources adds to the global crisis and can lead to extreme local heat. The Urban Fix addresses how urban design, planning and policies can counter the threats of climate change, urban heat islands and overpopulation, helping cities take full advantage of their inherent advantages and new technologies to catalyze social, cultural and physical solutions to combat the epic, unprecedented challenges humanity faces. The book fills a conspicuous void in the international dialogue on climate change and heat islands by examining both the environmental benefits in developed countries and the population benefit in developing countries. Urban heat islands can be addressed in incremental, manageable steps, such as planting trees and painting roofs white, which provide a more concrete and proactive sense of progress for policymakers and practitioners. This book is invaluable to anyone searching for a better understanding of the impact of resilient cities in the monumental and urgent fight against climate change, and provides the tools to do so.
Cool Cities
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Author : Benjamin R. Barber
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2017-04-24
Cool Cities written by Benjamin R. Barber and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-24 with Political Science categories.
A pointed argument that cities—not nation-states—can and must take the lead in fighting climate change Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, renowned political theorist Benjamin R. Barber describes how cities, by assuming important aspects of sovereignty, can take the lead from faltering nation states in fighting climate change. Barber argues that with more than half the world's population now in urban areas, where 80 percent of both GDP and greenhouse gas emissions are generated, cities are the key to the future of democracy and sustainability. In this compelling sequel to If Mayors Ruled the World, Barber assesses both broad principles of urban rights and specific strategies of sustainability such as fracking bans, walkable cities, above-ground mining of precious resources, energy and heating drawn from garbage incineration, downtown wind turbines, and skyscrapers built from wood. He shows how cities working together on climate change, despite their differences in wealth, development, and culture, can find common measures by which to evaluate the radically different policies they pursue. This is a book for a world in which bold cities are collaborating to combat climate change and inspire hope for democracy even as reactionary populists take over national governments in the United States and Europe. It calls for a new social contract among citizens and municipalities to secure not only their sustainability but their survival.
Solved
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Author : David Miller
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2024-03-01
Solved written by David Miller and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-01 with Nature categories.
If our planet is going to survive the climate crisis, we need to act rapidly. Taking cues from progressive cities around the world, including Los Angeles, New York, Toronto, Oslo, Shenzhen, and Sydney, this book is a summons to every city to make small but significant changes that can drastically reduce our carbon footprint. We cannot wait for national governments to agree on how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and manage the average temperature rise to within 1.5 degrees. In Solved, David Miller argues that cities are taking action on climate change because they can – and because they must. The updated paperback edition of Solved: How the World’s Great Cities Are Fixing the Climate Crisis demonstrates that the initiatives cities have taken to control the climate crisis can make a real difference in reducing global emissions if implemented worldwide. By chronicling the stories of how cities have taken action to meet and exceed emissions targets laid out in the Paris Agreement, Miller empowers readers to fix the climate crisis. As much a “how to” guide for policymakers as a work for concerned citizens, Solved aims to inspire hope through its clear and factual analysis of what can be done – now, today – to mitigate our harmful emissions and pave the way to a 1.5-degree world.
Arbitrary Lines
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Author : M. Nolan Gray
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2022-06-21
Arbitrary Lines written by M. Nolan Gray and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-21 with Architecture categories.
It's time for America to move beyond zoning, argues city planner M. Nolan Gray in Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. With lively explanations, Gray shows why zoning abolition is a necessary--if not sufficient--condition for building more affordable, vibrant, equitable, and sustainable cities. Gray lays the groundwork for this ambitious cause by clearing up common misconceptions about how American cities regulate growth and examining four contemporary critiques of zoning (its role in increasing housing costs, restricting growth in our most productive cities, institutionalizing racial and economic segregation, and mandating sprawl). He sets out some of the efforts currently underway to reform zoning and charts how land-use regulation might work in the post-zoning American city. Arbitrary Lines is an invitation to rethink the rules that will continue to shape American life--where we may live or work, who we may encounter, how we may travel. If the task seems daunting, the good news is that we have nowhere to go but up
Sprawl Repair Manual
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Author : Galina Tachieva
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2010-09-14
Sprawl Repair Manual written by Galina Tachieva and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-14 with Architecture categories.
There is a wealth of research and literature explaining suburban sprawl and the urgent need to retrofit suburbia. However, until now there has been no single guide that directly explains how to repair typical sprawl elements. The Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns, from the region and the community to the block and the individual building. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book, sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused on design, regulation and incentives. The Sprawl Repair Manual is a much-needed, single-volume reference for fixing sprawl, incorporating changes into the regulatory system, and implementing repairs through incentives and permitting strategies. This manual specifies the expertise that’s needed and details the techniques and algorithms of sprawl repair within the context of reducing the financial and ecological footprint of urban growth. The Sprawl Repair Manual draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements. The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results.
If Cars Could Talk
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Author : William H. Fain Jr.
language : en
Publisher: Balcony Press
Release Date : 2012-09-05
If Cars Could Talk written by William H. Fain Jr. and has been published by Balcony Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-05 with Transportation categories.
If Cars Could Talk examines urban environments, how they are born, change, and die, and offers fresh approaches to unlocking our cities great potential. More than half of the world's population lives in a city and that number stands to increase. Crafted with the tools gleaned during the author's 40 years of working as an urban designer around the world, Fain's message could not be more timely. More than a mere urban fix-it book, If Cars Could Talk presents a call to action to city builders everywhere that major issues threaten our cities and failure to confront them will diminish the quality of life for a majority of the human population. This collection of hard-hitting, focused essays advances the understanding of the importance of community participation, sustainability, and the creation of rich urban neighborhoods. A must-read for city-lovers, professional and amateur alike.
How Will India Fix Her Urban Future
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Author : Dr Binti Singh and Sameer Unhale
language : en
Publisher: Between Architecture and Urbanism
Release Date : 2020-10-02
How Will India Fix Her Urban Future written by Dr Binti Singh and Sameer Unhale and has been published by Between Architecture and Urbanism this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-02 with Social Science categories.
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The Urban Transport Crisis In Emerging Economies
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Author : Dorina Pojani
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-11-18
The Urban Transport Crisis In Emerging Economies written by Dorina Pojani and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-18 with Science categories.
This edited volume discuses urban transport issues, policies, and initiatives in twelve of the world’s major emerging economies – Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, and Vietnam - countries with large populations that have recently experienced large changes in urban structure, motorization and all the associated social, economic, and environmental impacts in positive and negative senses. Contributions on each of these twelve countries focus on one or more major cities per country. This book aims to fill a gap in the transport literature that is crucial to understanding the needs of a large portion of the world’s urban population, especially in view of the southward shift in economic power. Readers will develop a better understanding of urban transport problems and policies in nations where development levels are below those of richer countries (mainly in the northern hemisphere) but where the rate of economic growth is often increasing at a faster rate than the wealthiest nations.
Building The Inclusive City
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Author : Victor Santiago Pineda
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-11-28
Building The Inclusive City written by Victor Santiago Pineda and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with Social Science categories.
This Open Access book is an anthropological urban study of the Emirate of Dubai, its institutions, and their evolution. It provides a contemporary history of disability in city planning from a non-Western perspective and explores the cultural context for its positioning. Three insights inform the author’s approach. First, disability research, much like other urban or social issues, must be situated in a particular place. Second, access and inclusion forms a key part of both local and global planning issues. Third, a 21st century planning education should take access and inclusion into consideration by applying a disability lens to the empirical, methodological, and theoretical advances of the field. By bridging theory and practice, this book provides new insights on inclusive city planning and comparative urban theory. This book should be read as part of a larger struggle to define and assert access; it’s a story of how equity and justice are central themes in building the cities of the future and of today.
The Urban Body Fix
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Author : Larry Rogowsky
language : en
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Release Date : 2021-01-15
The Urban Body Fix written by Larry Rogowsky and has been published by Gatekeeper Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-15 with Health & Fitness categories.
We hear it all the time, “everything in moderation.” It’s presented to us as if it’s the masterplan for a healthy, happy, successful existence. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Clearly, though, there’s a disconnect between understanding and implementing the moderate approach to health and fitness, as evidenced by increasing rates of obesity, chronic disease and stress. Can moderation ever be as sexy as extreme? We need action steps to make the concept of moderation less vague and more relatable.URBAN BODY FIX takes you through the Pillars of Vibrant Wellness: diet, exercise, and lifestyle. You will learn How to interpret What Your Cravings Are Telling You. You will redefine exercise, refocus your fitness efforts and, chip away at the most common barriers preventing you from getting regular physical activity. Get familiar with most effective drug-free methods of physical rehabilitation and psychological rejuvenation in alternative medicine. Master issues of stress with actionable thoughts and steps. Learn junk science vs. real science when it comes to superior, customized supplementation. Discover the heart-gut axis that links healthy tummy to healthy heart. And in the pandemic Age, we focus an entire section on natural Immunity and boosting your own defense against foreign invaders. Lastly and best, laughing and smiling a lot are terrific for your health—and we intend that THE URBAN BODY FIX cause you to do both, in abundance. THE URBAN BODY FIX tells you precisely what you can do on an individual level to help establish that hallowed middle ground in your wellness pursuits.Urban Body Fix takes a broad journey through key elements of wellness. Expect to master living fully by practicing moderation in all things (especially moderation!). Book Review 1: "I’m so happy that Larry has written The Urban Body Fix. As a healthcare professional myself, I see firsthand the wellness movement that is occurring. People are realizing how the standard Western medical “health care” system is failing many. The Urban Body Fix advocates and promotes true wellness, as Larry calls it “vibrant health.” This book will be a valuable tool for anyone looking to keep themselves and their families in true health. Larry is a rare breed of health care professional who believes in the middle ground. You will never hear Larry advocating for any fad diet or extreme detox. I’m blessed to know Larry and get to hear his pearls of wisdom on a one-to-one basis. Larry’s voice comes through clearly and accurately in The Urban Body Fix. Now people all over the world can experience his wisdom. Thank you, Larry for writing this book. I look forward to referring it to all my clients who are on their wellness journeys." -- ALYSE FAITH SHYNE, LMT, OWNER AND FOUNDER, THE HEALING COLLECTIVE NY Book Review 2: "Larry Rogowsky and The Urban Body Fix have accomplished a rare feat in this book: that of delivering a broad range of unique wellness including mental, physical, theoretical and practical tips with a conscious voice that stem from his own depth of experience. Expect the unexpected when reading this gem. If a naturopathic doctor/epidemiologist with more than 20 years of experience in the integrative medicine space can learn and be inspired at the seeming ease with which this information was joyfully shared, I trust you will be hooked on Larry's style of health coaching. Pick it up today!" -- DR. MILLIE LYTLE ND, MPH, FOUNDER OF WWW.NATMEDCOACH.COM Book Review 3: "The Urban Body Fix is full of wonderful and practical strategies for so many health-related challenges that people are experiencing every day. It’s truly a detailed list of all of the best alternative healthcare and wellness tools for so many health problems or struggles many people have. The wisdom Larry shares from years of experience will help so many navigate successfully through many common health challenges, and do it in a safe and natural way. This book is an excellent resource that every human on this planet should read!" -- KATE MOTZ, NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE COACH, FOUNDER OF INTEGRATIVE WELLNESS ADVISORS