Overview
- Presents a detailed analysis of how the process of decarbonizing urban cities can be achieved using global examples of policy approaches that can incentivize innovative low carbon development
- Utilizes several international case studies to show significant potential for developers, local governments, and community groups to participate in collaborative low carbon urban development
- Designed for professionals and the general public as well as university students from a range of urban and policy disciplines
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book sets out some positive directions to move forward including government policy and regulatory options, an innovative GRID (Greening, Regenerative, Improvement Districts) scheme that can assist with funding and management, and the first steps towards an innovative carbon credit scheme for the built environment.
Decarbonising cities is a global agenda with huge significance for the future of urban civilisation. Global demonstrations have shown that technology and design issues are largely solved. However, the mainstreaming of low carbon urban development, particularly at the precinct scale, currently lacks sufficient: standards for measuring carbon covering operational, embodied and transport emissions; assessment and decision-making tools to assist in design options; certifying processes for carbon neutrality within the built environment; and accreditation processes for enabling carbon credits to be generated from precinct-wide urban development.
Numerous barriers are currently hindering greater adoption of high performance, low carbon developments, many of which relate to implementation and governance. How to enable and manage precinct-scale renewables and other low carbon technologies within an urban setting is a particular challenge.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Decarbonising Cities
Book Subtitle: Mainstreaming Low Carbon Urban Development
Authors: Vanessa Rauland, Peter Newman
Series Title: Green Energy and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15506-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15505-0Published: 09 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36580-0Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15506-7Published: 27 March 2015
Series ISSN: 1865-3529
Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 266
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Energy Efficiency, Climate Change Management and Policy, Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development