Urbanism for a Difficult Future - Practical Responses to the Climate Crisis

This book is a guide for launching the next generation of land use planning and urbanism that will enable us to adapt to and survive through the consequences of climate change, uncovering how to enable people to be creative, productive, and supportive at local scales, to achieve strong and diverse local economies that can sustain life.

List of contents

Foreword by Andrés Duany 1. The Approach 2. Why Adaptation? 3. Adaptation Village: A Development Model 4. Enabling Relocation 5. Localizing Sustenance Systems 6. Social Organization and Governance 7. Design Principles 8. Life in the 21st Century 9. Conclusion Afterword by Paul Crabtree Bibliography Appendix A: Tools for Coding Appendix B: Essential Terms and concepts for Adaptation Urbanism

About the author

Korkut Onaran is a founder principal of Pel-Ona Architects and Urbanists. He also teaches as adjunct in the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. Urbanism, regulation cultures, and development codes have been a focus of his teaching and practice. His book Crafting Form-based Codes: Resilient Design, Policy, and Regulation was published by Routledge in 2019.

Summary

This book is a guide for launching the next generation of land use planning and urbanism that will enable us to adapt to and survive through the consequences of climate change, uncovering how to enable people to be creative, productive, and supportive at local scales, to achieve strong and diverse local economies that can sustain life.

Product details

• Authors: Korkut Onaran
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9781032022659
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202265-9
• No. of pages: 172
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Sustainability, SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Urban & municipal planning, Pollution & threats to the environment, Interdisciplinary studies, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Pollution and threats to the environment, Landscape architecture and design, Civil engineering, surveying and building