Ernest J. Yanarella, Richard S. Levine

The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Outlining a robust strategy for sustainable city-regions that has emerged from over two-and-a-half decades of theoretical and practical work, 'The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability' cuts through the received wisdom and popular misunderstanding surrounding sustainability to demonstrate how global problems can best be addressed at the local-regional scale. Featuring an array of case studies focusing on both strong and weak examples of sustainable cities the text delivers a bold message to the urban planners of tomorrow: only the road less traveled holds real promise of creating sustainable city-regions, with this journey requiring the balanced guidance of ecological and technological conviviality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857284006
• Artikelnr.: 44360820

Autorenporträt

Ernest J. Yanarella and Richard S. Levine

Inhaltsangabe

Preface and Acknowledgments
List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Part I: Strategic Considerations
1. Does Sustainable Development Lead to Sustainability?
2. The Sustainable Cities Manifesto
3. Variations on a “Green” Theme: Overcoming Semantics in the Sustainability Debate
4. Don’t Pick the Low-hanging Fruit?
5. From the City to the City-Region: The Sustainable Area Budget, Rural Partnerland and Sustainability Engine
6. The Sustainable City Game as a Game and a Tool of Urban Design
Part II: Sustainable Cities Around the World
7. Urban Dreams of Global Sustainability
8. The Promise and Pitfalls of Chattanooga’s Entrepreneurial “Sustainability” Strategy
9. Sustainability Comes to Okotoks, Alberta
10. Vienna’s Westbahnhof Sustainable Urban Implantation − The City-as-a-Hill
11. The Success of SUCCESS: The Chinese Village as Catalyst of Future Chinese Sustainable Cities
12. The Long March to Sustainability in China
Closing Thoughts
Conclusion: Taking the Road Less Traveled
Appendix
Appendix A: Charter of European Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability
Appendix B: Emerald City: A Roleplaying Sustainability Game
References
Index