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Building Sustainable Cities of the Future

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  • Considers sustainable cities from a systems thinking perspective
  • Provides real-world examples to illustrate the ideas presented
  • Draws on the expertise of academics, urban planners and architects

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    • Justin Bishop
    Pages 1-3
  3. Energy for Cities: Supply, Demand and Infrastructure Investment

    • Colin J. Axon, Simon H. Roberts
    Pages 5-27
  4. Health and Well-being in Urban Environments

    • Anja Mizdrak, Adam John Ritchie
    Pages 99-115
  5. Sustainable Places: Delivering Adaptive Communities

    • Laura Mazzeo, Nick James, Gary Young, Bee Farrell
    Pages 163-194

About this book

This book draws upon the expertise of academic researchers, urban planners and architects to explore the challenge of building the sustainable cities of the future. It addresses this challenge by considering current cities and those of the near future, and creates a picture of the sustainable city from the bottom up.

Individual chapters cover topics such as transport, energy supply, sustainable urbanism and promoting social equality in large infrastructure projects. Real-world examples are presented to illustrate how systems thinking is used to integrate different components of a city so as to ensure that the whole is more sustainable than its parts.

Written in an accessible style, this book is intended for general readers as much as it is for students and researchers interested in sustainable cities and related topics. It is also ideal for urban planners seeking best-practice guidelines for sustainable urban development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Justin Bishop

About the editor

Dr. Justin Bishop is a Research Associate in Transport Analysis at the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight and involved in the Energy Efficient Cities Initiative at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering. He is also a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit. Formerly, he was a James Martin Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s Institute for Carbon and Energy Reduction in Transport (ICERT).

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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