With a foreword from Paul King, Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council and Chairman, Zero Carbon Hub
As concerns over climate change and resource constraints grow, many cities across the world are trying to achieve a low carbon transition. Although new zero carbon buildings are an important part of the story, in existing cities the transformation of the current building stock and urban infrastructure must inevitably form the main focus for transitioning to a low carbon and sustainable future by 2050. Urban Retrofitting for
Sustainability brings together interdisciplinary research contributions from leading international experts to focus on key issues such as systems innovation, financing tools, governance, energy, and water management. The chapters consider not only the knowledge and technical tools available, but looks forward to how they can be implemented in real cities by 2050.
Author(s): Dixon, Tim; Eames, Malcolm; Hunt, Miriam; Lannon, Simon
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Year: 2014
Language: English
Commentary: LCCN: TD160 .U73 2014 | Dewey: 628.028/6; 628.0286
Pages: 305
Tags: Cities and towns Energy consumption Municipal engineering Sustainable development
Cover
Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
Part I Setting the scene for urban retrofit
2 Sustainable urban development to 2050: complex transitions in the built environment of cities
3 Exploring the use of systems dynamics in sustainable urban retrofit planning
4 The economics and financing of city-scale retrofits
5 Urban governance, planning and retrofit
6 Locating urban retrofitting across three BRICS cities: exploring the retrofit landscapes of São Paulo, Mumbai and Cape Town
7 Urban design and the retrofit agenda
Part II Energy and urban retrofit
8 Energy poverty and the future of urban retrofit
9 The smart grid and the interface between energy, ICT and the city: retrofitting and integrating urban infrastructures
10 Solar energy in urban retrofit
11 Pathways to decarbonising urban systems
Part III Water, waste and urban retrofit
12 Retrofitting sustainable integrated water management
13 Retrofitting sustainable integrated water management at household, building and urban scales
14 Re-engineering the city for sustainable solid waste resource management
Part IV Emerging themes in urban retrofit
15 Conclusions: financing, managing and visioning the urban retrofit transition to 2050
Index
