Low Carbon Cities : Transforming Urban Systems (Paperback)

Foreword Preface Introduction:Low carbon cities ? more than just buildings Part I: Classic texts on ecologically sustainable cities: conceptual evolutions and different schools of thought 1. Ecopolis ? the regenerative city 2. Much better than climate change adaptation3. Imagining biophilic cities 4. Sustainable cities are solar responsive cities 5. Trends in low carbon transport and urban development in thirty-three cities, 1995 to 2005 6. How city dwellers affect their resource hinterland ? a spatial impact study of Australian households Part II: New directions:designing for lowcarbon cities 7.Future ecological design as urbaneering: new positions on city-making without scale 8. A planning approach for the transformation to low carbon cities 9. Green districts and carbon engineering: increasing greenery, reducing heat island effects and generating energy10.From green buildings to sustainable urban design: two case studies 11. Urban reclamation and regeneration in Seoul, South Korea 12. From sustainable to low carbon cities: is India’s urban transformation triggering a paradigm shift? Part III: Urban micro climates: mitigating urban heat stress 13. The urban heat island and low carbon cities 14. A holistic view of the effects of urban heat island mitigation 15.Urban micro climates: mitigating urban heat stress 16. Energy reduction using natural ventilation in city planning 17. The impact on the increase of urban air temperature on planning and building energy consumption in tropical urban climates 18.Urban heat islands: case studies from Frankfurt am Main, Arnhemand Ho-Chi-Minh City19. The green plot ratio and the role of greenery in low carbon living 20.Urban populations' vulnerability to climate extremes: mitigating urban heat through technology and water-sensitive urban design 21. Multi-scale analysis of surface layer urban heat island effect in five higher density precincts of central Sydney 22. Looking ahead: Applying low carbon principles to shift urban design paradigms in the Asia-Pacific region towards green urbanism Glossary Bibliography Index