{"product_id":"the-renewable-city-9780470019269","title":"The Renewable City","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the intolerable costs of climate change and inevitably declining oil, natural gas and uranium reserves, the vast majority of cities and urban communities are planned and managed as if such existential crises did not exist. Hence the transition from fossil fuel dominated cities to an urban future marked by a radically new, renewable energy infrastructure requires entirely new tools and frames of decision-making.  \u003cp\u003eThis is an original guide to an entirely unprecedented urban transformation, to cities and towns powered by renewable energy. Squarely focused on action, it supports design, planning and management decisions and serves as a practical guide to practitioners, academics and political leaders in communities and cities worldwide, as a useful and well-structured reference text. It is built on the most successful of past and present urban sustainability trends and emerging infrastructure directions, presenting renewable energy applications as offering new and inevitable app\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Having read many books on the subject of ecological building and sustainable development, it is a refreshing change to read this book.\" (\u003ci\u003eBuilding Engineer\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2007)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements and Photo Credits.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout this book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenewable energy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe fourth industrial revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities as settings of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe price of inaction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 In the hothouse, beyond the peak: the logic of the urban energy revolution.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Energy and urban sustainability in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern cities thrive on petroleum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKyoto: neither far enough nor fast enough.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFossil and nuclear industries: fighting to maintain their grip.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe global urban explosion: the end?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities are seeds of change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCities at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Fossil and nuclear energy systems and the industrial construction of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpiring mindsets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpiring oil, natural gas and uranium supplies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAge of the fossil fuel city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe rise of the suburb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenewable energy and sprawl.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFossil war, renewable peace?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFossil and renewable forms of globalisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMyths and denials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Summary and outlook: for urban evolution there is no alternative to renewable energy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree axioms of urban change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe urban energy transformation: both possible and necessary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal change is underway.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe global context: rise of the renewable energy economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 How to cope with Peak Oil by preparing for climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Confronting the risks to cities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSerial surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree birds with one stone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCanary islands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Mitigating adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe long race to the brink.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the brink: beyond adaptation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdapting while mitigating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMounting prospects of discontinuous urban change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Urban risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauging and managing urban risks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHazards and exposure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCarbon hazards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Urban exposure and impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGauging exposure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnticipating impacts: physical, social and economic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharacterising impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Urban vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLowering vulnerability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVulnerability: 10 coping strategies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe means of adaptation: planning for change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInstitutional perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Renewable geography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Other drivers of change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInnovation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA rich source of new employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity ownership of power; control over real and virtual utilities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccountability: user sees, user pays, user gains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic policy response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional regeneration and revalorisation impulses in the global urban regime.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new urban reality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 The design of the Renewable City.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe coming \u003ci\u003eenergy web\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanging the culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Renewable City form and formation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom plain old grid to intelligent energy web.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenewable urbanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIslands of autonomy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Space, time and energy: storing and dispatching renewable power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternal and external supply.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBalance and storage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHydrogen city?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Renewable citizenship: support communities and programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNetworks and support programmes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong-range needs and short-term horizons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate stabilisation and city programmes: local efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Building the Renewable City: tools, trades, technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Form follows fuel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution of efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFossil mobility and the urban energy crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMotors, movement and renewable fuels.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransport planning and policy imperatives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Citywide efficiency.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe end of the techno-fix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeat island relief: the ancient wisdom of renewable city design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrees, parks, urban wilds and agriculture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlanted walls and roofs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater in the renewable city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning buildings with daylight in mind.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban heat pumps: city power from the ground, water and air.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRenewable rights and development control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The Renewable City toolbox.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of tools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCitywide renewable energy mapping (C-REM).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCity-integrated photovoltaics (CIPV).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolar roof programmes, and other dos and don’ts in national efforts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban sun collectors: city-integrated solar-thermal technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban wind power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban waterpower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegional renewable power systems (RRPS): from intra- to extra-urban generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBio-energy farms and forests: biomass, biofuel, biogas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Urban renewable power finance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment and production.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommercialisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinancial benefits of distributed energy: direct renewable power and cogeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Municipal power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Renewable City buildings: guidance and learning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Renewable city building tools: rating performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreeam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnergy Star.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLCAid.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLEED.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNABERS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBASIX.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilt integration: the emergence of renewable building practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Learning from renewable building practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe state of standards, regulations, and rating systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe design process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime is energy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstruction considerations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaterials matter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnical, media and general support.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinance aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA change in culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore and after.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Renewable City planning and action: guides for local government.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 The Solar City programme.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProgramme structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Rationale and background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Aims and scope.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Objectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Key aspects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Task A: Solar City strategies: renewable-energy based city planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Subtask B: Targets, baseline studies and scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Task C: urban renewable energy systems, business and industry development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Communications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Milestones: sample schedule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 The Renewable City™ rating framework.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences and Webography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515413258583,"sku":"9780470019269","price":40.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-renewable-city-9780470019269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}