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Greenovation, noted urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald explains why efforts to reduce climate change have to start in cities and calls for a policy of "greenovation." "Greenovation" policies use the city as a test bed for adopting and perfecting green technologies for more energy-efficient buildings, transportation, and other fundamental infrastructures of contemporary life.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Cities on the Front Lines.
- Chapter 2: Building the Energy Efficient City
- Chapter 3: Beyond the Building: District Heating and Cooling
- Chapter 4: Completely Renewable Cities
- Chapter 5: Electrifying Transportation
- Chapter 6: Deprioritizing Cars
- Chapter 7: Eco-Districts: Integration and Experimentation
- Chapter 8: Cities and the Green Economy
- Chapter 9: Climate Just Cities
- Chapter 10: Connecting the Dots
About the author
Joan Fitzgerald is a professor of Urban and Public Policy at Northeastern University. She focuses on urban climate action and the connections between urban sustainability and economic development and innovation. In addition, she examines how climate action can create opportunity for revitalization of low-income communities. Her third book, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development (Oxford), illustrates how cities are creating economic development opportunities in several green sectors.
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In Greenovation, noted urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald explains why efforts to reduce climate change have to start in cities and calls for a policy of "greenovation." "Greenovation" policies use the city as a test bed for adopting and perfecting green technologies for more energy-efficient buildings, transportation, and other fundamental infrastructures of contemporary life.
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Greenovation builds upon Fitzgerald's earlier book, Emerald Cities, offering a detailed analysis of green technology to mitigate and perhaps combat rising climate change....Two notable features stand out: her incorporation of racial justice considerations and her targeting of the negative role of China in undercutting North American and European greenovation programs....This is a book that every community activist and city planner concerned to move climate action policies forward should not only have...but should be heavily underlined to highlight its key insights, best practices, and major policy lessons.
