- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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).
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-3
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Energy for Cities: Supply, Demand and Infrastructure Investment
Pages 5-27
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Future-Proofed Design of Low-Energy Housing Developments: Case Studies from the UK and Sweden
Pages 29-56
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On the Move—or Moving On? Reimagining the Future of Travel
Pages 57-74
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Water: An Essential Resource and a Critical Hazard
Pages 75-97
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Building Sustainable Cities of the Future
- Editors
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- Justin Bishop
- Series Title
- Green Energy and Technology
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-54458-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-54458-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-54456-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-85398-7
- Series ISSN
- 1865-3529
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 194
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour
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