Building Sustainable Megacities scrutinizes the challenges encountered when designing, planning and constructing sustainable megacities. Chapters explain the role of national and local governments for the strategic planning, development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of standards of water, air, food and products used by the community. Other chapters cover Water Delivery Systems, Sanitation and Waste Disposal Systems, Power Systems, and Public Health Systems, new green technologies, practices, and standards predicated by the need for sustainable office building and housing. Provides an in-depth look at critical infrastructural systems, charting problems and providing possible solutionsAddresses new green technologies, practices and standards predicated by the need for sustainable office building and housingExplains the role of national and local governments for strategic planning, development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement INDICE: Chapter #1: Government: plans, goals, and strategies to be smart and healthy communities By Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, PhD Case: City of Beverly Hills From City Staff Case: Nordic Countries: The Case of Stockholm, Sweden Chapter: #2 The Economics of Sustainable Development By Judi Schweitzer, MRED, AMDP, CALGreen CAC Chapter: #3 Japan: Systems integrated mass transit to walking paths By Andrew DeWit, PhD Chapter: #4 Security and protection for people and systems: integrated approaches for decoupling urban growth from emissions pressures in megacities By Siir Kilkis Chapter #5: Future needs from the SMC plans looking at Jiaxing, China: 40 years' development from numbers By: Ms. Wang Weiyi, PhD. Case: China: Greater Bay Area plan receives mixed reaction in Guangdong province, still work to do for Beijing Case: The introduction of Smart Green City and its Prospect in China Case of Beijing as an example and Singapore as a benchmark By Yueqi Zhou Chapter #6: Future needs from the SMC plans-smart green city-the case of Istanbul By:Sevinc Gulsecen PhD, Murat Gezer PhD, Serra Celik PhD, Fatma Onay Kocoglu PhD Chapter #7: Finance, economics, and energy: SMC Green Development By: Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, PhD Case: Cities Hold the Keys to Greener, More Efficient Homes Decisive Policies Are Critical for Achieving Climate Goals in Residential Buildings By Michael Gartman Chapter #8: Circular Economy: the next economics By: Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3, PhD, Danilo Bonato, MBA Chapter #9: Options and planning for more sustainable development By: Akima Cornell, PhD Chapter #10: Global and international policies: UN Paris Accord UN G19 and G20 By: Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3 PhD Case: Smart Cities Predictions for 2019 By Edward Krafcik, Ellory Monks and Eyal Feder-Levy Chapter: #11 Improving Interconnectivity with Multimodal transportation By: Akima Cornell, PhD Chapter #12: Leading historical cities By: Lucia Elsa Maffei and Elisa Castoro Case: Yuneshima Island in resort Osaka City By Andrew DeWit PhD Chapter #13: Tokyo: The sustainable megacity via robust governance to maximize synergies By: Andrew DeWit, PhD Chapter #14: Conclusion: USA yesterday and the future Today By: Woodrow W. Clark II, MA3 PhD Case: Economic Options: Back to the Future: In China, the Future is NOW Woodrow W. Clark II MA3 PhD
- ISBN: 978-0-12-818793-7
- Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 316
- Fecha Publicación: 17/01/2020
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