Reconstructing the future : cities as carbon sinks / Bauhaus Earth, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Roci´o Armillas Tiseyra, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schellnhuber, Hans-Joachim, editor.

Armillas Tiseyra, Rocío, editor.

Bauhaus Earth (Boston, Massachusetts), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects--Congresses.

City planning.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter, 2023.

Summary:

Bauhaus Earth conference, June 2022.The built environment is a critical factor in the climate equation since buildings and physical infrastructure are directly responsible for about 40 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.Fortunately, there are many new ways to build better. These include timber high-rise buildings, AI-assisted design, serial prefabrication of building components, smart recycling technology, multifunctional land use, integrated regional resource management, and community-based urban development, to name just a few.This volume compiles the papers presented by world-renowned academics, architects, spatial planners, and policymakers at the "Reconstructing the Future" conference, which was held at the Vatican in June 2022.First publication of the Bauhaus Earth think tank. Ideas to transform the anthroposphere.Contributions by Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Ursula von der Leyen, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Wanjira Mathai, Xu Tiantian, Amanda Yates, Shigeru Ban, and many others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

contents

foreword

preface

1 bioeconomy: toward sustainable living and biosensitive cities

2 saving the world by construction

3 the new european bauhaus vision

4 critical appraisal of wood as a building material

5 rural is global

6 indigenous planning in amazonia

7 wetland: a future vernacular

8 sustainable digitization and data democracy for urban transformation

9 how to build equity

10 life, growth, and death: from organisms and cities to societies

11 regulations for the future

12 50 years since the limits to growth: learning to live within limits

13 toward a circular bioeconomy

14 paradise found: from mining to gardening

15 sustainable forest management

16 utopia or oblivion

17 roof over our heads: examining adaptation for those living informally

18 emergency architecture

19 built-environment education in reconstructing ukraine

acknowledgments

conference testimonials

index

image credits

imprint

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-0356-2701-0

OCLC:

1455753730