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Urbanization is occurring at an unprecedented rate; by 2050 three quarters of the world's people will live in urban environments. The cars we drive, products we consume, houses we live in and technology we use will all determine how sustainable our cities will be. Bridging the increasing divide between cross-disciplinary academic insights and the latest practical innovations,Resilient Sustainable Cities provides an integrated approach for long term future planning within the context of the city as a whole system.

In the next 30 years cities will face their biggest challenges yet, as a result of long term, or 'slow burn' issues: population growth will stretch to the breaking point urban infrastructure and service capacity; resource scarcity, such as peak oil; potable water and food security, will dramatically change what we consume and how; environmental pressures will change how we live and where and; shifting demographic preferences will exacerbate urban pressures. Cities can't keep doing what they've always done and cope - we need to change current urban development to achieve resilient, sustainable cities.

Resilient Sustainable Cities provides practical and conceptual insights for practitioners, researchers and students on how to deliver cities which are resilient to 'slow burn' issues and achieve sustainability. The book is organized around three overarching themes:

pathways to the future innovation to deliver the future leadership and governance issues

The book includes a variety of perspectives conveyed through international case studies and examples of cities that have transformed for a sustainable future, exploring their successes and failures to ensure that readers are left with ideas on how to turn their city into a resilient sustainable city for the future.

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Part I Understanding resilient, sustainable cities
• Chapter 1 Introduction to the magic and practice of resilient sustainable cities
• Chapter 2 The challenges to urban sustainability and resilience
• Chapter 3 Exploring urban sustainability and resilience
• Part II Pathways to deliver resilient, sustainable cities
• Chapter 4 Pathways to a sustainable and resilient urban future: Economic paradigm shifts and policy priorities
• Chapter 5 Delivering Sustainable Cities is ALL about people and place Gilbert Rochecouste & Leonie J. Pearson
• Chapter 6 Building Urban Resilience through Green Infrastructure Pathways
• Chapter 7 Systems Design and Social Change for Resilient, Sustainable Cities
• Chapter 8 The priorities for future sustainable cities
• Part III Innovation for resilient, sustainable cities
• Chapter 9 Green economy, urban technology innovation and eco-city transitions
• Chapter 10 Planning for Biophilic Urbanism: The Creative Strategies Cities Can Take To Better Integrate Nature Into Urban Life
• Chapter 11 City Food Security
• Chapter 12 Resilient and Sustainable Urban Transport
• Chapter 13 Integrated urban water planning
• Chapter 14 Urban Waste: closing the loop
• Chapter 15 Resilient and sustainable buildings
• Chapter 16 Money matters -financing the transition to a resilient and sustainable urban energy system
• Chapter 17 Networked city and Society
• Chapter 18 (Re) Designing Resilient Sustainable Precincts: urban armatures
• Chapter 19 Social Inclusion and cohesion through housing tenure
• Chapter 20 Urban Design: The future looks familiar
• Part IV Governance and leadership for resilient, sustainable cities
• Chapter 21 Governance for Resilient Sustainable Cities and Communities: Concepts and Some Cases
• Chapter 22 Economics and governance for City Bounce
• Chapter 23 Leadership for sustainability and sustainable leadership
• Chapter 24 The plan and the policy: who is changing who?
• Chapter 25 How to move from Talking to Doing: Creating Sustainable Cities
• Chapter 26 City Adaption and Transformation for a resilient and sustainable future

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Professor Peter Roberts OBE is chair of the Skills and Knowledge Committee and professor of sustainable spatial development at the University of Leeds.

Professor Peter Newton is Research Professor at Swinburne University in Sustainable Urbanism.

Dr. Leonie Pearson is a research fellow at The University of Melbourne and Senior Policy Researcher at Department of Trade and Investment, NSW and a private consultant.