Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change

by Peter Calthorpe

Book Overview

"Cities are green" is becoming a common refrain. But Calthorpe argues that a more comprehensive understanding of urbanism at the regional scale provides a better platform to address climate change. In this groundbreaking new work, he shows how such regionally scaled urbanism can be combined with green technology to achieve not only needed reductions in carbon emissions but other critical economies and lifestyle benefits. Rather than just providing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159726721X
• ISBN13: 9781597267212
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Island Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.7"