Building Sustainable Cities of the Future
This book draws upon the expertise of academic researchers, urban planners and architects to explore the challenge of building the sustainable cities of the future. It addresses this challenge by considering current cities and those of the near future, an
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Justin Bishop Editor
Building Sustainable Cities of the Future
Green Energy and Technology
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8059
Justin Bishop Editor
Building Sustainable Cities of the Future
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Editor Justin Bishop University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-54456-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54458-8
ISSN 1865-3537
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-54458-8
(eBook)
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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Bishop
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Energy for Cities: Supply, Demand and Infrastructure Investment . . . . Colin J. Axon and Simon H. Roberts
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Future-Proofed Design of Low-Energy Housing Developments: Case Studies from the UK and Sweden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maria Christina Georgiadou
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On the Move—or Moving On? Reimagining the Future of Travel . . . . . Malek Al-Chalabi
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Water: An Essential Resource and a Critical Hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard A. Fenner
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Health and Well-being in Urban Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anja Mizdrak and Adam John Ritchie
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A Place for Food Within Sustainable Urban Masterplanning . . . . . . . . . 117 Bee Farrell Infrastructure, Equity and Urban Planning: A Just Process for the Allocation of Benefits and Burdens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Daniel Durrant Sustainable Places: Delivering Adaptive Communities . . . . . . .
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