Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities: Transforming Streets to Address Climate Change

Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities provides a theoretical framework for understanding and evaluating resilience projects in cities, focusing on case studies in Europe, the United States, and best practice projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Delft, Utrecht, and Vancouver. It highlights the role of streets and public spaces in adapting to and mitigating climate change, and provides key policy lessons and a roadmap for future research.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 264 pages
\n Publication date: 04 May 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Adaptation Urbanism and Resilient Communities provides a comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding and evaluating resilience projects in cities, particularly in the context of urban climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through a series of detailed case studies, the book explores the promise and tensions of a new wave of resilient communities across Europe and the United States. These case studies include Copenhagen, Rotterdam, London, New Orleans, and South Florida, as well as best practice projects in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Delft, Utrecht, and Vancouver.

The authors highlight how these communities are reinventing the role of streets and connecting public spaces to adapt to and mitigate climate change through green/blue infrastructure planning, maintaining and enhancing sustainable transportation options, and striving for equitable development for all residents. The case studies demonstrate that while there are some universal aspects to encouraging adaptation urbanism, there are also important local characteristics that need to be acknowledged and celebrated to help local communities thrive in the era of climate change.

The book offers valuable policy lessons and a roadmap for future research in adaptation urbanism, making it a valuable resource for students of urban planning, geography, transportation, landscape architecture, and environmental studies, as well as resilience practitioners worldwide. By advancing resilience policy discourse through a multidisciplinary framework, this work contributes to the understanding and implementation of effective strategies for building more resilient and sustainable cities.

\n Weight: 454g\n
Dimension: 234 x 154 x 18 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367134952\n \n