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Resilient cities : overcoming fossil fuel dependence

Title
  1. Resilient cities : overcoming fossil fuel dependence / Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer.
Published by
  1. Washington : Island Press, [2017]
  2. ©2017
Author
  1. Newman, Peter, 1945-

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Additional authors
  1. Beatley, Timothy, 1957-
  2. Boyer, Heather
Description
  1. xiv, 248 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. Drawing from research and examples about resilient cities, this book looks at new initiatives and innovations cities can implement.
Alternative title
  1. Overcoming fossil fuel dependence
Subject
  1. Urban ecology (Sociology)
  2. City planning
  3. Sustainable development
  4. Sustainable architecture
Contents
  1. Urban Resilience: Cities of Fear and Hope -- Invest in Renewable and Distributed Energy -- Create Sustainable Mobility Systems -- Foster Inclusive and Healthy Cities -- Shape Disaster Recovery for the Future -- Build Biophilic Urbanism in the City and its Bioregion -- Produce a More Cyclical and Regenerative Metabolism -- Growing Regeneratively.
Call number
  1. JFE 17-7773
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Newman, Peter, 1945- author.
Title
  1. Resilient cities : overcoming fossil fuel dependence / Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, and Heather Boyer.
Publisher
  1. Washington : Island Press, [2017]
Copyright date
  1. ©2017
Edition
  1. Second edition.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added author
  1. Beatley, Timothy, 1957- author.
  2. Boyer, Heather, author.
LCCN
  1. 2016961434
ISBN
  1. 1610916859
  2. 9781610916851
Research call number
  1. JFE 17-7773
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