Towards Green Growth And Low Carbon Urban Development

Author : Zhenghong Tang,Wei Dong,Yunwoo Nam
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : City planning
ISBN : 1624178588

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Towards Green Growth and Low-carbon Urban Development by Zhenghong Tang,Wei Dong,Yunwoo Nam Pdf

Cities face critical challenges connected to population growth, urbanisation, and climate change. Fundamental transformations in urban planning, community design, and infrastructure development are absolutely needed to address the problems raised by land use changes. A transition from conventional urban development models to a green or low-carbon future needs to change the system of the systems, such as energy, water, waste, mobility, and infrastructure systems. Cities are facing huge pressure and great opportunities to make these transitions through more effective arrangement of land use development footprints. This book introduces the significant trend of urban planning towards green growth and low-carbon development patterns and reviews the history of urban development models while illustrating key concepts underpinning theories of green growth and low-carbon development.-

Author : Bindu N. Lohani,Masahiro Kawai,Venkatachalam Anbumozhi
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9784899740582

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Managing the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy by Bindu N. Lohani,Masahiro Kawai,Venkatachalam Anbumozhi Pdf

Asia must be at the center of the global fight against climate change. It is the world’s most populous region, with high economic growth, a rising share of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the most vulnerability to climate risks. Its current resource- and emission-intensive growth pattern is not sustainable. This study recognizes low-carbon green growth as an imperative—not an option—for developing Asia. Asia has already started to move toward low-carbon green growth. Many emerging economies have started to use sustainable development to bring competitiveness to their industries and to serve growing green technology markets. The aim of this study is to share the experiences of emerging Asian economies and the lessons learned. The book assesses the low-carbon and green policies and practices taken by Asian countries, identifies gaps, and examines new opportunities for low-carbon green growth.

Author : Shobhakar Dhakal,Matthias Ruth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319497303

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Creating Low Carbon Cities by Shobhakar Dhakal,Matthias Ruth Pdf

This book addresses key topics in the current deliberations and debates on low carbon cities that are underway globally. Contributions by experts from around the world focus on the key factors required for creating low carbon cities. These include appropriate infrastructure, ensuring co-benefits of climate actions, making best use of knowledge and information, proper accounting of emissions, and social factors such as behavioral change. Readers will gain a better understanding of these drivers and explore potential transformation pathways for cities. Particular emphasis is given to the current situation of energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at the urban level, stressing the complexity of measuring GHG emissions from cities. Chapters also shed new light on the long-term transformation pathways towards low carbon. This book discusses key challenges and opportunities in all these domains to aid in creating low carbon cities, making it of value to policy makers, researchers in academia and consultants working on climate change and energy issues. “The low carbon cities agenda is of bold ambition and demands rapid societal transformation. This book provides invaluable information and analysis on how the goals of this agenda can be achieved and what will be the significant obstacles in the way. The content in the book goes below the surface to reveal on-the-ground economic, engineering and equity issues that are at the heart of the Paris Climate Agreement and the ensuing policy debates. In this way, Creating Low Carbon Cities serves as a critical scholarly benchmark and as a toolkit for further action." William Solecki, Professor, Institute for Sustainable Cities, City University of New York "Creating Low Carbon Cities provides a refreshingly critical approach to low-carbon urban development, what has been achieved so far and the challenges ahead. It will be an important data-driven resource for local leaders, sustainability practitioners and urban planners.” Ms. Monika Zimmermann, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI—Local Governments for Sustainability

Author : Sun Sheng Han,Ray Green,Mark Wang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317802402

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Towards Low Carbon Cities in China by Sun Sheng Han,Ray Green,Mark Wang Pdf

This book explores the relationship between urban form and greenhouse gas emissions in China, providing new insights for policy, urban planning and management. Drawing on the results of a four-year multidisciplinary research project, the book examines how factors such as urban households’ access to services and jobs, land use mixes and provision of public transport impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The authors analyse data from a wide range of sources including 4677 sample households from four major Chinese cities – Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Xi’an – with diverse locations, urban spatial structures and population sizes. The book explores residents’ attitudes to reducing GHG emissions and advances knowledge relating to three environmental scales – cross-metropolitan, intra-city and neighbourhood level. It also contributes to debates on low carbon policy by revealing the relevance of urban planning parameters at both the macro and micro levels. The book will be of interest to scholars in the areas of urban planning, urban management, environmental sustainability and resource utilisation, as well as urban policy makers and planners who are working toward developing low carbon, sustainable cities of the future.

Author : Axel Baeumler,Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez,Shomik Mehndiratta
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821389874

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Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China by Axel Baeumler,Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez,Shomik Mehndiratta Pdf

The continuing rapid growth and development of China's cities brings many complex challenges. Tasked with supporting strong economic development that provides jobs and a good quality of life for its growing number of residents, China's cities also must ensure sustainable development in line with national efforts to transition to a less carbon-intensive economy, as outlined in China's 12th Five-Year Plan. Sustainable Low-Carbon City Development in China summarizes, through the specific lens of low-carbon development, the lessons of the World Bank's activities related to sustainable urban development in China. The various chapters present overall approaches and achievements in low-carbon city developments and highlight specific experiences across all urban sectors, including energy, transport, solid waste, water, and waste water. The book also explores cities' role in climate adaptation and opportunities presented by carbon finance and other global mechanisms to finance low-carbon city development. The World Bank project data and experience combined with the national and international experience presented in this edited book deliver both a broad picture and actionable steps for China's urban development. The chapters argue that China's cities not only need to, but also have an opportunity and the ability to integrate sustainable low-carbon development in their urban development. Low-carbon efforts align closely with the sustainable urbanization agenda and the book points to multiple benefits, such as improved air quality and urban livability, that can be derived from implementing this urgent agenda. The intended audience of this edited book is government officials of municipalities, cities, and townships in China who will be defining policies and programs to achieve the targets of economic growth and carbon emission reductions emerging from the 12th Five-Year Plan. The lessons presented may also be of interest to other countries and development partners supporting low-carbon urban programs.

Author : Kwi-Gon Kim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319596181

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Low-Carbon Smart Cities by Kwi-Gon Kim Pdf

This book aims to integrate climate mitigation and adaptation tools into conventional urban planning. It emphasizes the value and importance of ICT as connected technology. The author believes that ICT and IOT can facilitate controlling climate change attributes when deployed with appropriate ingredients and composition in cities in an integrated comprehensive manner. It was written with the author's firm belief that cities play an important role in mitigating climate change by reducing energy consumption, promoting the use of renewable energy sources, or by trading emission permits and selling Certified Emission Rights (CERs). This book looks at green growth based on the circular economy using green smart technology as a sustainable tool for green economic development. Also for climate change adaptation, cities have to take actions to reduce the adverse impacts of climate change on people, property and ecosystems in the urban planning process. It has been written with the author's works for Urban Environment Accords (UEA) and International Urban Training Center (IUTC) in collaboration with UNEP, World Bank, UNFCCC and UN-HABITAT. It can be used as a training source book for city climate planners and urban practitioners of local governments. It will be utilized as a more practical guidebook for climate change policy makers as well as a futuristic research agenda for next generations.

Author : Joni Jupesta,Takako Wakiyama
Publisher : Springer
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137596765

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Low Carbon Urban Infrastructure Investment in Asian Cities by Joni Jupesta,Takako Wakiyama Pdf

Several Asian cities have already invested in initiatives to build and promote Green Cities. Owing to the limited capacity of local governments, the funding of urban infrastructure has become a critical issue. Against this background, this book explores a new funding mechanism which demands the engagement of many stakeholders, including public-private partnerships. This book offers guidance on how cities in selected countries can play a key role in the green growth agenda, by stimulating growth through smart investment in urban infrastructure such as through building a physical infrastructure, offering financial and tax incentives, and heightening society’s awareness of a sustainable lifestyle.

Author : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher : OCDE
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9264234411

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Towards Green Growth? by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Pdf

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Author : Sara Grobbelaar
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9789211324600

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Urban Patterns for a Green Economy by Sara Grobbelaar Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264667389

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Green Finance and Investment Sustainable Infrastructure for Low-carbon Development in the EU Eastern Partnership Hotspot Analysis and Needs Assessment by OECD Pdf

This report analyses planned infrastructure projects, decision-making frameworks related to infrastructure development and strategic planning documents in the six countries of the EU Eastern Partnership: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

Author : Richard Simpson,Monika Zimmermann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400719699

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The Economy of Green Cities by Richard Simpson,Monika Zimmermann Pdf

This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level.

Author : Jeroen van der Heijden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108415361

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Innovations in Urban Climate Governance by Jeroen van der Heijden Pdf

Analyses voluntary programs for sustainable buildings and cities, a prominent strategy to mitigate climate change.

Author : Tim Dixon,Malcolm Eames,Miriam Hunt,Simon Lannon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317911937

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Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability by Tim Dixon,Malcolm Eames,Miriam Hunt,Simon Lannon Pdf

With a foreword from Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council and Chairman, Zero Carbon Hub As concerns over climate change and resource constraints grow, many cities across the world are trying to achieve a low carbon transition. Although new zero carbon buildings are an important part of the story, in existing cities the transformation of the current building stock and urban infrastructure must inevitably form the main focus for transitioning to a low carbon and sustainable future by 2050. Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability brings together interdisciplinary research contributions from leading international experts to focus on key issues such as systems innovation, financing tools, governance, energy, and water management. The chapters consider not only the knowledge and technical tools available, but looks forward to how they can be implemented in real cities by 2050.

Author : Mary J. Thornbush,Oleg Golubchikov
Publisher : Springer
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783030259471

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Sustainable Urbanism in Digital Transitions by Mary J. Thornbush,Oleg Golubchikov Pdf

This book examines how contemporary urbanism is influenced by digital and low carbon transitions. From its infancy at the scale of individual buildings, a focus on ‘green’ agenda, energy, and resource efficiency has fostered research and policies for low carbon cities, eco-cities, and increasingly intelligent and smarter urban systems. Cities around the world are getting ‘smarter’ as more advanced technology is integrated into urban planning and design. People are relying more on digital and information and communication technology (ICT) in their daily lives, while cities are adopting more digital technology to monitor and gather information about people and their environment. This leads to Big Data collection, which is used to inform governance and improve urban performance. These transformations, however, raise critical questions, including whether emerging smart sustainable cities are too technocratic, but also with regard to citizen involvement. This brief addresses these important contemporary concerns through a review of literature and existing urban strategies. It should be of interest to everyone involved in advancing sustainable cities and smart cities. It should also be a relevant read for students and researchers in this area.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264233294

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Aligning Policies for a Low-carbon Economy by OECD Pdf

This report produced in co-operation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) identifies the misalignments between climate change objectives and policy and regulatory frameworks across a range of policy domains.