Sustainability matters : prospects for a just transition in Calgary, Canada's petro-city / Noel Keough ; with Geoff Ghitter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keough, Noel, author.

Contributor:

Ghitter, Geoff, contributor.

United States. Public Buildings Service. Office of Applied Science, issuing body.

Series:

Campus Alberta collection.

Campus Alberta collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Environmental aspects.

City planning.

Sustainable urban development--Alberta--Calgary.

Sustainable urban development.

Sustainable living--Alberta--Calgary.

Sustainable living.

City planning--Environmental aspects--Alberta--Calgary.

Calgary (Alta.)--Environmental conditions.

Calgary (Alta.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages)

Place of Publication:

Calgary, Alberta : University of Calgary Press, [2021]

Summary:

Calgary, Alberta is a culturally diverse urban metropolis. Sprawling and car-dependent, fast-growing and affluent, it is dominated by the fossil fuel industry. For 30 years, Calgary has struggled to turn sustainability rhetoric into reality.Sustainability Matters is the story of Calgary’s setbacks and successes on the path toward sustainability. Chronicling two decades of public conversations, political debate, urban policy and planning, and scholarly discovery, it is both a fascinating case study and an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of urban sustainability. A clear-eyed view of the struggles of turning knowledge into action, this book illuminates the places where theory and reality converge and presents an approach to municipal development, planning, and governance that takes seriously the urgent need to address climate change and injustice.Addressing a wide variety of topics and themes, including energy, diversity, economic development, and ecological health, Sustainability Matters is both a critique of current practice and a vision for the future that uses the city of Calgary as a microcosm to address issues faced by cities around the world. This is essential reading not only for every Calgarian working for a vibrant and sustainable future, but for all those interested in in the future of cities in a post-carbon world.

Contents:

Untitled

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Full Title Page

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 | A New Story of Cities and Urban Life

2 | The Origins and Evolution of Sustainable Development

3 | Colonization and Resource Extraction on the Canadian Frontier

4 | Where Would You Put 600,000 People?

HEAD FOR THE HILLS: MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN STRESS-TEST FAILURE

CURBING SPRAWL THROUGH INNER CITY RENOVATION

DENSITY: DESIGNING AT A HUMAN SCALE

RESILIENCE: A CAUTIONARY TALE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CUBA

TO WEATHER FUTURE STORMS, CALGARY NEEDS RESILIENCE

GREEN URBANISM: A NECESSARY EVOLUTION OF CITIES

5 | Where Do We Grow from Here?

A PRICEY RIDE TO SCHOOL: THE HIDDEN COSTS OFSUBURBAN SPRAWL

BIG BOX BOONDOGGLE: WHY SMALL AND LOCAL IS BEAUTIFUL

FISCAL CLIFF: CALGARY'S GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY UNDER SIEGE

NO LIMITS, NO MORE: IT'S TIME FOR AN URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE-OR WHY DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS WANT TO CONTROL CITY HALL

LESSONS FROM THE LEFT COAST

6 | Sustainable Mobility: Bikes, Trams, and (Fewer) Automobiles

TRAMS: THE MISSING LINK IN CALGARY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

LOVING TRANSIT: IF YOU BUILD IT (RIGHT), THEY WILLCOME

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE PAST: A TALE OF THREE TRAM CITIES

IN PRAISE OF THE BICYCLE: PEDALLING TO THE RESCUE IN THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY

EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN: THE RIGHT STUFF ON THE EAST COAST

7 | Peak Auto: A Tragedy in the Making

AUTO DEPENDENCE: THE NUMBERS DON'T ADD UP

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE DEADLY AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED: LIFE BEYOND THE PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE

THE WINDING ROAD TO THE AIRPORT TUNNEL: A CASE OF THE TAIL WAGGING THE DOG

RING ROAD RETHINK: FINDING OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS

8 | A Culture of Sustainability

GIVE PEACE A CHANCE

I AND WE: THE CASE FOR SOCIAL COHESION

LIBRARIES: WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR?.

ON DANDELIONS: SPEAKING TRUTH TO FLOWERS

9 | The Wheels Are Off the Growth Machine

ECONOMIC GROWTH IS NO LONGER DELIVERING THEGOODS

THE CURRENT CRISIS: IT'S MORE THAN THE ECONOMY

MINDING OUR OWN BUSINESS: CO-OPERATIVE SOLUTIONS TO A NEW ECONOMY

GROWING PAINS: ECONOMICALLY, THE END MAY BE NIGH

THE GROWTH MACHINE: SECOND THOUGHTS ON CALGARY'S BOOMS AND BUSTS

BEYOND GROWTH: TIME FOR A RADICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

THE WEALTH OF OUR NATION

10 | The Energy Question

DIVERSITY IS THE KEY: CONFRONTING OUR ENERGY HABITS

PIPEDREAM NIGHTMARE: A CRISIS ENTIRELY OF OUR OWN MAKING

OSTRICH ALBERTA: OUR HEADS IN THE TAR SANDS

THE 400 PPM THRESHOLD BREACHED-AND THE TRAGIC IRONY OF OUR PETRO-STATE

DO THE MATH: FOSSIL FUEL DIVESTMENT, STRANDED ASSETS, AND THE DAWN OF THE SOLAR AGE

KING COAL AND THE CARBON CALAMITY: TIME TO FACE OUR DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS

11 | Justice, Fairness, and Inclusion

HOME SUITE HOME: A PRIMER ON SECONDARY SUITES

AFFORDABLE LIVING: THE HOUSE HUNTER'S NEW MANTRA

CULTURAL DIVERSITY, SOCIAL INCLUSION, AND SUSTAINABILITY: OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? BUY NOTHING DAY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REFLECTION AND REDIRECTION

12 | Governance: The Sine Qua Non of Sustainability

BEYOND THE LAW OF THE JUNGLE: GOOD IDEAS FORGOOD GOVERNANCE

THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING: LESSONS IN GOVERNANCE FROM THE NORDIC LIGHTS

SACRED TRUST: WITHOUT IT, WE'RE LOST

DEMOCRACY ON THE ROPES: MONEY, ACCESS, AND THE PERVERSITY OF FIRST-PAST-THE-POST

BOOMS, BUSTS, AND BUDGETS

SILENT SPRING 2012: SUSTAINABILITY VISION BETRAYED

13 | Our Petro-State at a Crossroads

TAX IS NOT A FOUR-LETTER WORD

WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE? THE GREAT ALBERTAGIVEAWAY

ALBERTA'S INCONVENIENT TRUTHS

SLEEPWALKING INTO CRISIS: HAS CANADA LOST ITS WAY?.

CAPITALISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE: GOD BLESS US ONE AND ALL!

14 | Five Reasons Why Sustainability Matters

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Authors

Index

Campus Alberta Collection

Back Cover.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 14, 2010).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-345) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781773852508

1773852507

OCLC:

1250275658