Images of the Future City - Time and Space For Sustainable Development

This book is an ideal complement to studies showing the potentially devastating ecological effects of climate change, studies trying to calculate the costs of climate change, and studies trying to identify the most pressing needs in preparing for the new climate.

List of contents

1. The Sustainable City.- 2. Limitations and Necessities.- 3. Limits of Urban Sustainability.- 4. Urban Tempo and Structure.- 5. Introduction - Urban Structure, Activity Patterns and Technology.- 6. Development of Urban Structures.- 7. Visions and Urban Structures.- 8. Stockholm's Urban Development .- 9. Future Cities - Possible Changes.- 10. Time and Consumption.- 11. Housing and Other Premises.- 12. Food.- 13. Travel.- 14. Durable Goods.- 15. Time Use in the Future.- 16. Production.- 17. Vehicles.- 18. Housing.- 19. Summary of Technical Potential.- 20. Introduction.- 21. Six Images of the Future - Introduction and Definitions.- 22. Urban Cores 2050 - Fast and Slow.- 23. Suburban Centers - Fast and Slow.- 24. Low-rise Settlements - Fast and Slow.- 25. Measures and Possibilities in Concentration.- 26. Time Use Today and in Images of the Future.- 27. Energy Use From the Household Perspective.- 28. Energy Use in 2000 and 2050.- 29. Suburban and Inner City Families with Children and No Car.- 30. Images of the Future From a National Economic Perspective.- 31. The Sustainable City: Necessary System Shifts and Their Conditions; Appendixes.

Summary

This book is an ideal complement to studies showing the potentially devastating ecological effects of climate change, studies trying to calculate the costs of climate change, and studies trying to identify the most pressing needs in preparing for the new climate.

Product details

• Authors: Ander Gullberg, Anders Gullberg, Mattias Hojer, Mattia Höjer, Mattias Höjer, Ronny Pettersson
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Original title: Bilder av framtidsstaden - Tid och rum för hållbar utveckling
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9789400790476
• ISBN: 978-94-0-079047-6
• No. of pages: 457
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 26 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 747 g
• Illustrations: XXXI, 457 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Architecture, Sustainable Development, Environmental Social Sciences, Earth and Environmental Science, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary studies, City & town planning: architectural aspects, Cities, Countries, Regions, City and town planning: architectural aspects