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Informationen zum Autor GRACE CRABB Head of Water Systems and Land Management at the Centre for Alternative Technology, UKANGELA DRUCKMAN Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Mitigation at the University of Surrey, UKTIMOTHY FOXON RCUK Academic Fellow in the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UKBASTIEN GIROD Currently at the Centre for Earth and Sustainability, Utrecht University, The NetherlandsJAMES GOODMAN Head of Futures with the independent sustainability experts Forum for the Future, UKTANYA HAWKES Lecturer at the Centre for Alternative Technology, UKNICOLA HOLE PhD student in the energy policy group at the University of Exeter, UKTIM JACKSON Professor of Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey, UKROGER LEVETT Partner in Levett-Therivel sustainability consultants, UKCATHERINE MITCHELL Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Exeter, UKSTEPHEN PEAKE Senior Lecturer in Environmental Technology at the Open University, UKSTEPHEN POTTER Professor of Transport Strategy at the Open University, UKROBIN ROY Professor of Design and Environment at the Open University, UKNEIL STRACHAN Associate Professor in Energy Economics and Modelling at University College London, UKADAM THOROGOOD works for the Centre for Alternative Technology, UK Klappentext Combining theory, case studies and speculative fiction, a range of contributors, from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists, create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future. Zusammenfassung Combining theory! case studies and speculative fiction! a range of contributors! from leading UK academics to pioneering renewable activists! create a compelling picture of the potential perks and pitfalls of a low carbon future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; H.Herring PART I: POLICY Why a Low-carbon Society; S.Peake Low Carbon Living in 2050; N.Hole What is the Carbon Footprint of a Decent Life?; A.Druckman & T.Jackson Transport and Mobility Choices in 2050; S.Potter A Low Carbon Transition; N.Strachan & T.Foxon PART II: CASE STUDIES Case Studies in Low Carbon Living; R.Roy Designing and Creating my Low Carbon Home; C.Mitchell Land Use Scenario 2050; G.Crabb & A.Thorogood Zero Carbon Britain: Time to Say 'we will'; T.Hawkes Low Carbon Society in Switzerland; B.Girod PART III: STORIES Little Greenham; J.Goodman The Housing Ladder; R.Levett The Refugee; T.Hawkes The Gun and the Sun; H.Herring Conclusion; H.Herring...
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; H.Herring PART I: POLICY Why a Low-carbon Society; S.Peake Low Carbon Living in 2050; N.Hole What is the Carbon Footprint of a Decent Life?; A.Druckman & T.Jackson Transport and Mobility Choices in 2050; S.Potter A Low Carbon Transition; N.Strachan & T.Foxon PART II: CASE STUDIES Case Studies in Low Carbon Living; R.Roy Designing and Creating my Low Carbon Home; C.Mitchell Land Use Scenario 2050; G.Crabb & A.Thorogood Zero Carbon Britain: Time to Say 'we will'; T.Hawkes Low Carbon Society in Switzerland; B.Girod PART III: STORIES Little Greenham; J.Goodman The Housing Ladder; R.Levett The Refugee; T.Hawkes The Gun and the Sun; H.Herring Conclusion; H.Herring
