Decarbonising Cities Mainstreaming Low Carbon Urban Development
This book sets out some positive directions to move forward including government policy and regulatory options, an innovative GRID (Greening, Regenerative, Improvement Districts) scheme that can assist with funding and management, and the first steps towa
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Vanessa Rauland Peter Newman
Decarbonising Cities Mainstreaming Low Carbon Urban Development
Green Energy and Technology
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Vanessa Rauland Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute Curtin University Perth, WA Australia
ISSN 1865-3529 Green Energy and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-15505-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-15506-7
Peter Newman Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute Curtin University Perth, WA Australia
ISSN 1865-3537 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-15506-7
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Foreword
We have known for decades now that a more sustainable planet requires significant attention to climate change and that reducing carbon output from human settlements is absolutely imperative for the future of human civilisation. However, most of the effort to monitor and assess carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions has been at the level of the individual building, and of those various and often competing schemes to assess and/or certify green buildings. The terrain is muddy at best. Rauland and Newman have done us a great service by dissecting this mess with tremendous clarity and in drawing our attention to the level of the precinct or neighbourhood as a better focus than the city itself, which on its own is a valuable insight. Having established this perspective, Rauland and Newman offer an overview of several international and Australian eco-city case studies which they then evaluate in terms of their carbon claims, setting the stage nicely for the followin
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