Transport, Climate Change and the City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transport, Climate Change and the City write by Robin Hickman. This book was released on 2014-02-05. Transport, Climate Change and the City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by petrol or diesel, remains the mainstream mode of use. Transport is the key sector where carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions seem difficult to reduce. Transport, Climate Change and the City seeks to develop achievable and low transport CO2 emission futures in a range of international case studies, including in London, Oxfordshire, Delhi, Jinan and Auckland. The aim is that the scenarios as developed, and the consideration of implementation and governance issues, can help us plan for and achieve attractive future travel behaviours at the city level. The alternative is to continue with only incremental progress against CO2 reduction targets, to ‘sleepwalk’ into climate change difficulties, oil scarcity, a poor quality of life, and to continue with the high traffic casualty figures. The topic is thus critical, with transport viewed as central to the achievement of the sustainable city and reduced CO2 emissions.
Transport and Climate Change
Transport and Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Transport and Climate Change write by Tim Ryley. This book was released on 2012-07-17. Transport and Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This topical volume covers the intersection between transport and climate change, with papers from the 'Transport & Climate Change' session of the RGS-IBG conference in London, September 2010. It considers the role of transport modes at varying spatial dimensions and a range of perspectives on the relationship between transport and climate change.
Climate Change and Cities
Climate Change and Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Climate Change and Cities write by Cynthia Rosenzweig. This book was released on 2018-03-29. Climate Change and Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.
Cities and Climate Change
Cities and Climate Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cities and Climate Change write by OECD. This book was released on 2010-11-29. Cities and Climate Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book shows how city and metropolitan regional governments working in tandem with national governments can change the way we think about responding to climate change.
Resilient Cities
Resilient Cities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Resilient Cities write by Peter Newman. This book was released on 2009-01-09. Resilient Cities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Half of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many cities—especially in the United States—consume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. But our planet is rapidly running out of the carbon-based fuels that have powered urban growth for centuries and we seem to be unable to curb our greenhouse gas emissions. Are the world’s cities headed for inevitable collapse? The authors of this spirited book don’t believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas. Instead, they believe that intelligent planning and visionary leadership can help cities meet the impending crises, and look to existing initiatives in cities around the world. Rather than responding with fear (as a legion of doomsaying prognosticators have done), they choose hope. First, they confront the problems, describing where we stand today in our use of oil and our contribution to climate change. They then present four possible outcomes for cities: ”collapse,” “ruralized,” “divided,” and “resilient.” In response to their scenarios, they articulate how a new “sustainable urbanism” could replace today’s “carbon-consuming urbanism.” They address in detail how new transportation systems and buildings can be feasibly developed to replace our present low efficiency systems. In conclusion, they offer ten “strategic steps” that any city can take toward greater sustainability and resilience. This is not a book filled with “blue sky” theory (although blue skies will be a welcome result of its recommendations). Rather, it is packed with practical ideas, some of which are already working in cities today. It frankly admits that our cities have problems that will worsen if they are not addressed, but it suggests that these problems are solvable. And the time to begin solving them is now.
