Life After Carbon / by Peter Plastrik, John Cleveland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plastrik, Peter., Author.

Cleveland, John., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable architecture.

Management.

Human geography.

Renewable energy sources.

Pollution.

Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.

Human Geography.

Renewable Energy.

Local Subjects:

Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.

Management.

Human Geography.

Renewable Energy.

Pollution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Enlightening." Seattle Book Review "Life After Carbon is a highly engaging, forward-looking study of how modern cities are innovating to survive...This superbbook looks at the evolution of the world's cities and their challenging future...Life After Carbon is essential reading for anyone with a stake in the development of tomorrow's cities." Foreword "Life After Carbon is a vivid and multifaceted look at the cities leading the global transition to a post-carbon world. Drawing insight from and connections among the communities at the forefront of urban climate innovation, Plastrik and Cleveland chart much-needed and promising pathways into the future." Edward Mazria, Architecture 2030 "In Life After Carbon, Plastrik and Cleveland lay out a hidden upside of climate action, detailing how innovative cities leading the fight against climate change are developing a new model for urban development that promises better cities in a carbon-free economy. This is an important and inspiring book for business leaders and other professionals in their efforts to create more livable cities while strengthening climate resilience." Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres "Plastrik and Cleveland give readers nothing less than a new and compelling vision for what cities could be: carbon-free, climate adaptive, biophilic and nature-rich, with restorative closed-loop metabolisms, and, of course, wonderful places in which to live. Together these stories, ideas, and emerging practices chart an optimistic urban future. Life After Carbon is an essential resource for planners, mayors, and citizens (all of us) with a vested interest in accelerating this future."Timothy Beatley, Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia "Plastrik and Cleveland have written a timely, affirmativeaccount of urban innovation and transformation in the face of climate change. Their vision of the post-carbon city is captivating and compelling, with ideas that are tangible, transferable, and scalable. This is a much-needed contribution at a pivotal moment." Bruce Katz, coauthor, "The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism".

Contents:

Preface

Prologue: Creation Stories

Introduction

Part I: On the Innovation Pathway Innovation Proliferation

Urban Climate Innovation Laboratories

Goals, Systems, Clusters, and Waves

Making a Better City

The Rebel Alliance

Part II: Toward Global Urban Transformation

The Power of Transformational Ideas

Carbon-Free Advantage

Efficient Abundance

Nature’s Benefits

Adaptive Futures

Part III: Challenges of Urban Evolution

The Edge of City Climate Innovation

Assembly Required

The Next Urban Operating System Going Global

Epilogue: Life After Carbon

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Authors

General Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781610918503

1610918509