The carbon efficient city / A-P Hurd + Al Hurd ; foreword by Denis Hayes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hurd, A-P.

Contributor:

Hurd, Al.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carbon dioxide mitigation.

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Sustainable urban development.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Carbon Efficient City shows how regional economies can be aligned with practices that drive carbon efficiency. It details ten strategies for reducing carbon emissions in our cities: standardized measurement, frameworks that support innovation, regulatory alignment, reducing consumption, reuse and restoration, focus on neighborhoods, providing spaces for nature, use of on-site life cycles for water and energy, coordination of regional transportation, and emphasis on solutions that delight people. Although climate change is recognized as an urgent concern, local and national governments, nonprofits, and private interests often work at cross purposes in attempting to address it. The Carbon Efficient City 's focus on concrete, achievable measures that can be implemented in a market economy gives it broad appeal to professionals and engaged citizens across the political spectrum. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg3h0-fhYyA

Contents:

Measure for measure

The invisible hand

Regulatory roadblocks

Reduce

Built to last

Great neighborhoods

Spaces for nature

On-site life cycles

Regional transportation

Delight

Making a dent.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780295804187

0295804181

OCLC:

809910873