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Climate Preservation in Urban Communities Case Studies delivers a firsthand, applied perspective on the challenges and solutions of creating urban communities that are adaptable and resilient to climate change. The book presents valuable insights into the real-life challenges and solutions of design...
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Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128159200 |
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Climate Preservation in Urban Communities Case Studies delivers a firsthand, applied perspective on the challenges and solutions of creating urban communities that are adaptable and resilient to climate change. The book presents valuable insights into the real-life challenges and solutions of designing, planning and constructing urban sustainable communities, providing real world examples of innovative technologies that contribute to the creation of sustainable, healthy and livable cities. Examples of successes, failures and solutions are presented based on a cross disciplinary approach for infrastructural systems, including discussions of drinking water, wastewater, power systems, broadband, Wi-Fi, transportation and green buildings technologies. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (485 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780128154366 0128154365 9780128159200 0128159200 |
| Index Number: | HT241 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
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Front Cover; Climate Preservation In Urban Communities Case Studies; Climate Preservation In Urban Communities Case Studies; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 -- Introduction: Smart Green Healthy Communities Are Now the Future; OVERVIEW; GLOBAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES TODAY; SMART GREEN TECHNOLOGIES: INTEGRATED IN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES; AGILE (FLEXIBLE) ENERGY SYSTEMS-HYBRID ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; Cost Savings; Environmental Benefits; High Reliability; Energy Independence; THE ECONOMICS-WHERE IS THE MONEY?; ECONOMICS MUST CHANGE INTO QUALITATIVE SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS. Interactionism for Surface and Deep RepresentationsTransformations; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; 2 -- Agile Power Systems for Everyone: On-Site Distributed and Central Grid Systems; OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION; THE AGILE ENERGY SYSTEM CHANGES IN ACTION TODAY; LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, LACCD; AGILE ENERGY AS HEALTHY AND SMART COLLEGE COMMUNITIES; How Do Communities and People Protect Their Historical Buildings and Communities. Case in Point Is Matera, Italy, Which Wil ... ; OVERVIEW. CONCLUSION: THE WORLD HAS CHANGED BY CONSERVING THE HISTORICAL PAST AND MOVING INTO THE SMART, GREEN AND HEALTHY FUTUREREFERENCES; FURTHER READING; 3 -- Integrated Cross-Disciplinary Studies: Circular Economics With Cases in Japan; OVERVIEW; THE NEXT ECONOMICS; Economics as a Science; THE GREEN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: AS GLOBAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT; THE ECONOMIC PARADIGM CHANGE: STOP AND REVERSE CLIMATE CHANGE; Circular Economics; Circular Economy: Work in Progress; THE GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND INTERACTIONS; CONCLUSION: WHAT IS UP AHEAD IS MOVING NOW; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING. 4 -- Infrastructures for Green, Smart and Healthy CommunitiesOVERVIEW; CONCEPTUALIZING THE INTERNAL-EXTERNAL NEXUS OF THE OBOR STRATEGY; FIRST PERIOD: JOINING REGIONAL AND GLOBAL DIVISION OF LABOR; SECOND PERIOD: THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA-CENTERED REGIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER; THE THIRD PERIOD (OR "WAVE"): THE OBOR INITIATIVE AND CHINA'S INTERNAL ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING; PARTNERSHIPS TO CREATE CIVIC MARKETS IN "GREEN DEVELOPMENT"; Consider China Today Moving Ahead Into a Smart, Green, and Healthy Nation; OVERVIEW: VIRTUAL POWER PLANT; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND ENERGY. DISTRIBUTED WIND POWER HAS BEEN DEVELOPING AND BENEFITS FROM GRID INTERCONNECTIONBiomass; Geothermal Energy; Water Dams-Large and Small; Wave Power; Run-of-River; CONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; FURTHER READING; 5 -- Policies, Partnerships and Plans: Case of China; OVERVIEW OF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND; CHINA'S NATIONAL FIVE-YEAR PLANS, HISTORICAL EVOLUTION AND TRANSFORMATION; THE DEBATE OVER ENERGY- AND CONSUMPTION-BASED ECONOMIC GROWTH; The Rise of China in the Context of Energy Dependency; New Policy: Change to Economic Growth Strategy by Promoting Sustainable Energy. |