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001 2014006306
003 DLC
005 20141126081006.0
008 140616s2015 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014006306
020 $a9780415828741 (hardback)
020 $a9780415828765 (paperback)
020 $z9781315765969 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHT241$b.F79 2015
082 00 $a307.76$223
084 $aARC010000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aFry, Tony.
245 10 $aCity futures in the age of a changing climate /$cTony Fry.
264 1 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$c2015.
300 $axix, 198 pages ;$c29 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $a"This book goes beyond current ways that the impact of climate change upon the city are understood. In doing so it addresses climate in a variety of connotations. It looks to the nomadic behaviour patterns of the past for lessons for today's population unsettlement, and argues that as human survival will increasingly be linked directly to movement, the city can no longer be defined as a constrained space. The impacts of climate change must to be understood as a combination of the actual and the expected, and have to be addressed both practically and culturally. City Futures in an Age of Changing Climate looks at how cities can adapt and respond to the unsustainable conditions they are now facing. The book considers possible post-urban futures, exposing a range of very different urban forms, and addresses the concept of fragmentation; the breaking up of any coherent economic or cultural nucleic urban spaces. Urban planners, designers, development practitioners, and anyone seeking to understand what the future is likely to look like for our cities, and how to prepare for it, will find this an essential read"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)
650 0 $aUrbanization$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aCities and towns$xGrowth$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aUrban policy$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 0 $aSustainable urban development.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects.
650 7 $aARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning.$2bisacsh