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Resilient cities responding to peak oil and climate change

Newman, Peter 1945- (Author). Beatley, Timothy, 1957- (Added Author). Boyer, Heather. (Added Author).

Summary: "Resilient Cities draws on existing initiatives from around the world to demonstrate the potential for urban resilience and presents practical solutions for our planet's growing cities."--Jacket.

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  • ISBN: 9781597268639 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 1597268631 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 9781597264983
  • ISBN: 1597264989
  • ISBN: 9781597264990
  • ISBN: 1597264997
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (xiii, 166 p.) : ill.
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, c2009.

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General Note:
Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-160) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Urban resilience : cities of fear and hope -- Climate change and peak oil : the double whammy for resource-intensive cities -- Four scenarios for the future of cities : collapse, ruralized, divided, or resilient city -- A vision for resilient cities : the built environment -- Hope for resilient cities : transport -- Conclusion : ten strategic steps toward a resilient city.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: Urban ecology (Sociology)
Sustainable development
Stadtplanung
Treibhausgas
Fossiler Brennstoff
Nachhaltige Entwicklung
Energieverbrauch
City planning
Stadtökologie
Klimaschutz
City planning
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Sustainable development
Gasemission
Genre: Electronic books.

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