Creating low carbon cities

• Other Authors: Dhakal, Shobhakar (Editor), Ruth, Matthias (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: City planning > Environmental aspects.; Atmospheric carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319497303; 9783319497297
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

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...

Table of Contents:

• Forewords; Contents; Challenges and Opportunities for Transition to Low Carbon Cities; Big Data, People, and Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; 2 What Data Exist; 3 What Data Do Not Exist; 4 What More Is Needed?; 5 How to Use Data; 6 Conclusions; 7 Summary; References; Co-benefits and Co-costs of Climate Action Plans for Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; Importance of City-Level Climate Mitigation and Adaption; Significance of Including Co-benefits and co-costs in City-Level Climate Action; 2 Economic Argument for Including Co-benefits and Co-costs.
• Optimal Abatement Levels Including Direct Benefits and Co-benefits3 Representative Cities and Their Climate Mitigation Plans; Cities in Developed Nations; Cities in Developing Nations; Climate Action Categories; 4 City Climate Action Plan Analysis; Differences in Action Categories and Their Frequencies; Identification or Recognition of Co-benefits and Co-costs; 5 Insights and Implications from the Network Analysis of City Action Plans; References; Optimizing Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities for Low Carbon Development; 1 Introduction; 2 Characterizing Urban Water Systems.
• 3 Energy Dependency of Urban Water Systems4 Drivers That Affect Water Related Energy Linkage in Cities; 5 Towards Net Zero GHG Emission and Self-Sufficiency; 6 Conclusion; References; Grassroots Environmentalism and Low-Carbon Cities; 1 Introduction; 2 Transition Town Movement; Ecovillage Movement; Community Renewable Energy; Conclusion; References; Emerging Low-Carbon Urban Mega-Projects; 1 Introduction; 2 A Geography of Eco-Cities; 3 Eco-City Mega-Projects; Masdar Eco-City; Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City; 4 Conclusion; References; References: Websites.
• Energy Consumption and Emissions Assessment in Cities: An Overview1 Introduction; Energy Consumption, GHG Emissions and Urbanization; Measuring the Carbon and Environmental Footprint of Cities; Cities as Solution or as a Problem; 2 Conclusions; 3 Summary; References; Information Sources; Low Carbon Urban Design: Potentials and Opportunities; 1 Low Carbon Cities and Urban Sustainability; 2 Low Carbon Urban Design Potentials; Existing Indicators for Urban Sustainability and Low Carbon Performance; Potential Directions: Emergent and Future Technologies; 3 Low Carbon Urban Design Opportunities.
• Low Carbon City Initiatives in ChinaApplication of Low Carbon Urban Design in Hong Kong: The Kai Tak Development; 4 Future Research; References; Toward Low Carbon Cities: The Chinese Experience; 1 Introduction; 2 Chinaś Urbanization Challenge; 3 Qingdao; 4 Tianjin; 5 Chinaś Greening City Strategy; 6 Chapter Summary; References; Low-Carbon Urban Infrastructure; 1 Urban Form: Foundation of Low-Carbon Infrastructure; 2 Energy Infrastructure: Demand and Supply; End-Use Efficiency; Supply-Side Efficiency and De-carbonization; 3 Water Infrastructure: Low-Carbon and Resilient; Save First.