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Resilient Cities
Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Peter Newman   Timothy Beatley   Heather Boyer  

$72.95 Hardcover
Release Date: 12/1/2008
ISBN: 9781597264983    


$35.95 Paperback
Release Date: 12/1/2008
ISBN: 9781597264990    
179 Pages

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About the Book

The authors of this spirited book don’t believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas. Instead, they believe that intelligent planning and visionary leadership can help cities meet the impending crises, and look to existing initiatives in cities around the world. Rather than responding with fear (as a legion of doomsaying prognosticators have done), they choose hope. First, they confront the problems, describing where we stand today in our use of oil and our contribution to climate change. They then present four possible outcomes for cities: "collapse," "ruralized," "divided," and "resilient." In response to their scenarios, they articulate how a new "sustainable urbanism" could replace today’s "carbon-consuming urbanism." They address in detail how new transportation systems and buildings can be feasibly developed to replace our present low efficiency systems. In conclusion, they offer ten "strategic steps" that any city can take toward greater sustainability and resilience.

About the Author(s)

Peter Newman is professor of sustainability at Curtin University in Western Australia. He is the author of Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems (Island Press,2007).

Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia. His books include Green Urbanism (Island Press, 2000) and Ecology of Place (Island Press, 1997).

Heather Boyer is senior editor at Island Press and 2005 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

One
Urban Resilience: Cities of Fear and Hope 1
Two
Climate Change and Peak Oil: The Double Whammy for Resource-Intensive Cities 15

Three
Four Scenarios for the Future of Cities: Collapse, Ruralized, Divided, or Resilient City 35
Four
A Vision for Resilient Cities: The Built Environment 55

Five
Hope for Resilient Cities: Transport 86
Six
Conclusion: Ten Strategic Steps toward a Resilient City 112

References 149
Index 161

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