UID:
almahu_9949386381802882
Format:
1 online resource (xxiii, 239 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9780429026805
,
0429026803
,
9780429640216
,
0429640218
,
9780429643385
,
0429643381
,
9780429637049
,
0429637047
Series Statement:
Advances in urban sustainability
Content:
"Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities outlines and explains adaptation urbanism as a theoretical framework for understanding and evaluating resilience projects in cities and relates it to pressing contemporary policy issues related to urban climate change mitigation and adaption. Through a series of detailed case studies, this book uncovers the promise and tensions of a new wave of resilient communities in Europe (Copenhagen, Rotterdam, and London), and the U.S. (New Orleans and South Florida). In addition, best practice projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Delft, Utrecht, and Vancouver are also examined. The authors highlight how these communities are reinventing the role of streets and connecting public spaces in adapting to and mitigating climate change through green/blue infrastructure planning, maintaining and enhancing sustainable transportation options, and struggling to ensure equitable development for all residents. The case studies demonstrate that while there are some more universal aspects to encouraging adaptation urbanism, there are also important local characteristics that need to be both acknowledged and celebrated to help local communities thrive in the era of climate change. The book also provides key policy lessons and provides a roadmap for future research in adaptation urbanism. Advancing resilience policy discourse through multidisciplinary framework this work will be of great interest to students of urban planning, geography, transportation, landscape architecture, and environmental studies, as well as resilience practitioners around the world"--
Note:
Foreword -- Prologue -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Coastal Urban resilience -- 3 From urban resilience to street resilience: Rethinking the role of streets in the climate-adapted city -- 4 Adaptation urbanism: An urban resilience policy framework -- 5 Rotterdam: The resilient delta city -- 6 Copenhagen climate innovation: Building on the base -- 7 London: From regional resilience to healthy streets -- 8 New Orleans: When bouncing back is not enough -- 9 South Florida and Miami: Rising seas and a fragmented response -- 10 Adaptation urbanism: European and North American examples -- 11 Adaptation urbanism: Policy implications -- 12 Conclusion: The emerging era of resilient streets -- Appendix A Case study resilience plan analysis -- Appendix B Adaptation urbanism street analysis Rotterdam.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Fields, Billy (Billy M.). Adaptation urbanism and resilient communities. New York : Routledge, 2021 ISBN 9780367134952
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780429026805
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429026805
