Green urbanism in Asia : the emerging green tigers / Peter Newman & Anne Matan, Curtin University, Australia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, Peter, 1945- author.

Matan, Anne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Asia.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

City planning--Environmental aspects--Asia.

City planning.

Green movement--Asia.

Green movement.

City planning--Environmental aspects.

Asia.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific, [2013]

Summary:

"The world is facing an age of scarcity which will challenge all cities to reduce their resource footprint, especially carbon, improve biodiversity and at the same time continue to create economic opportunities and liveable places. This is green urbanism. Asian urban growth is leading the world in the rapidity of its change but how is it doing on green urbanism? This book finds emerging innovations and first signs of green urbanism in Asia and suggests they may be the guiding light for the rest of the world. The authors highlight seven archetypal cities exhibiting green urbanism: the renewable energy city, the bioregional carbon neutral city, the distributed city, the biophilic city, the eco-efficient city, the place-based city and the sustainable transport city"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

What is green urbanism?

The renewable energy city

The bioregional carbon neutral city

The distributed city

The biophilic city

The eco-efficient city

The place-based city

The sustainable transport city

Conclusions: will Asian cities take over the green urbanism agenda?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index.

ISBN:

9789814425476

9814425478

OCLC:

808416579