Eco-urbanism – Global challenges, urban solutions
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The organization of cities has emerged as a key to meeting the main economic, social and ecological challenges of our time.
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The organization of cities has emerged as a key to meeting the main economic, social and ecological challenges of our time.
Description
In recent years, the organization of cities has emerged as a key to meeting the main economic, social and ecological challenges of our time. They are now seen as the places where all the solutions are invented:
- new economic models (circular, collaborative, resilient, etc.);
- emerging energy systems (solar, methanization, geothermal, etc.);
- innovative modes of mobility (cable transport, electric car, bicycles, etc.);
- new cultural forms (urban art, festivals, events, etc.);
- renewed democratic practices (citizen participation, wiki city, etc.).
Eco-urban planning is this transversal approach which aims to give all these spontaneous initiatives a new force of coherence. The authors present concrete examples of cities prefiguring, in the four corners of the planet, the eco-cities of tomorrow.
The stakes are high: according to the two authors, the organization of cities could become, in the 21st century, a “resource” as important as oil in the 20th century and agricultural land in pre-industrial societies.
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Authors: Jean Haëntjens and Stéphanie Lemoine
Editions: Écosociété/Collection Practical guides
Publication: 2015
Pages: 120
ISBN 978-2-89719-213-6
French language
Further information
| Weight | 0.246 kg |
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| Size | 22x22x1 cm |
