Resilient Cities

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction: Urban Resilience: Cities of Fear and Hope

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 1-22

3. Invest in Renewable and Distributed Energy

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 23-51

4. Create Sustainable Mobility Systems

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 53-87

5. Foster Inclusive and Healthy Cities

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 89-106

6. Shape Disaster Recovery for the Future

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 107-125

7. Build Biophilic Urbanism in the City and Its Bioregion

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 127-153

8. Produce a More Cyclical and Regenerative Metabolism

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 155-177

9. Conclusion: Growing Regeneratively

   • Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

   Pages 179-186

10. Back Matter

    Pages 187-248

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This second edition reveals how the resilient city characteristics have been achieved in communities around the globe. The authors offer stories, insights, and inspiration for urban planners, policymakers, and professionals interested in creating more sustainable, equitable, and, eventually, regenerative cities. Most importantly, the book is about overcoming fear and generating hope in our cities. Cities will need to claim a different future that helps us regenerate the whole planet–this is the challenge of resilient cities.

• efficient transportation systems
• lower-carbon buildings
• renewable and distributed energy
• efficient and regenerative metabolism
• biophilic and naturally adaptive systems
• landscape/regional and urban planning

• Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

  Peter Newman

• School of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA

  Timothy Beatley

• Island Press, Washington, DC, USA

  Heather Boyer

Peter Newman is the Professor of Sustainability at Curtin University. Newman has served on the Board of Infrastructure Australia and as a Lead Author for Transport on the IPCC's 5th Assessment Report. In 2011, Newman was awarded the Sidney Luker medal by the Planning Institute of Australia (NSW) for his contribution to the science and practice of town planning in Australia, and in 2014 he was awarded an Order of Australia for his contributions to urban design and sustainable transport, particularly related to the saving and rebuilding of Perth's rail system. He is the author of numerous books including People Cities and The End of Automobile Dependence.

Timothy Beatley is the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia, where he has taught for over twenty-five years. His primary teaching and research interests are in environmental planning and policy, with special emphasis on coastal and natural hazards planning, environmental values and ethics, and biodiversity conservation. He has published extensively in these areas, including the following books: Ethical Land Use; Habitat Conservation Planning: Endangered Species and Urban Growth; Natural Hazard Mitigation; and An Introduction to Coastal Zone Management. In recent years much of his research and writing has been focused on the subject of sustainable communities, and creative strategies by which cities and towns can reduce their ecological footprints, while at the same time becoming more livable and equitable places. His books that explore these issues include Biophilic Cities, Resilient Cities, and Green Urbanism(Island Press).



Heather M. Boyer is VP/Executive Editor at Island Press and 2005 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

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