Life After Carbon: The Next Global Transformation of Cities Plastrik PeterPaperback
Life After Carbon: The Next Global Transformation of Cities Plastrik PeterPaperback The future of our cities is not what it used to be. It cannot solve the problems it helped to create--especially…
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Life After Carbon: The Next Global Transformation of Cities Plastrik PeterPaperback
The future of our cities is not what it used to be. It cannot solve the problems it helped to create--especially global warming. The modern-city model that took hold globally in the twentieth century has outlived its usefulness.
It transforms the way cities design and use physical space, generate economic wealth, consume and dispose of resources, exploit and sustain the natural ecosystems, and prepare for the future.In Life After Carbon, urban sustainability consultants Pete Plastrik and John Cleveland assemble this global pattern of urban reinvention from the stories of 25 "innovation lab" cities across the globe--from Copenhagen to Melbourne. Fortunately, a new model for urban development is emerging in cities to aggressively tackle the realities of climate change. A city innovation lab is the entire city--the complex, messy, real urban world where