Main entry:

Despommier, Dickson D., author.

Title & Author:

The new city : how to build our sustainable urban future / Dickson D. Despommier ; foreword by Mitchell Joachim.

Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2023]

Description:

xxiii, 187 pages : colour illustrations, color maps, charts ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-173) and index.
Introduction -- History and Evolution of Cities -- Rapid Climate Change -- Urban Design -- Inspiration From Intact Biodiverse Temperate-Zone Forests -- A Flawed Example: Aggressively Competitive Tropical Forest -- Pillar One: Carbon Storage -- Carbon Farming -- Building Cities Out of Wood -- Engineered Wood Products -- Pillar Two: Urban Agriculture -- A Brief History of Farming -- Traditional Farming Today -- Food Awareness and Urban Agriculture -- Vertical Farming -- Pillar Three: Harvesting Water From The Air -- History of Water Use and the Rise of Public Health -- Has Sanitation Become a Luxury -- The Changing Reality of Water Resources -- Creating a Circular Water Economy -- Getting Off the Water Grid -- Deslaination -- Pillar Four: Renewable Energy -- The Value of Renewable Energy -- Renewable Energy Generation -- Energy Storage Systems -- The New City Imagined.

Summary:

"Dickson Despommier, Emeritus Professor at Columbia, pioneered the concept of vertical farming--i.e. growing crops inside tall buildings--which could become a solution to food scarcity and food insecurity. When his previous book THE VERTICAL FARM was first published by Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press in 2010, no such farms existed; now hundreds of them, comprising a multi-billion-dollar industry, can be found all over the world. Now, with his new book, THE NEW CITY, Despommier presents us with a bold new vision of our urban future, if only we are willing to listen to what nature can teach us about the best way to grow food, store carbon, harvest rainwater, and renew energy for the cities of the future. Drawing on a unique concept called "biomimicry," Despommier's book will be both a synthesis of how following principles of nature can help us create a new built environment for cities in which we can thrive, as well as a courageous call to action on how we can achieve it"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780231205504 hardcover
0231205503 hardcover
electronic book
9780231556033

Subject:

City planning.
Sustainable urban development.
Urbanisme durable.
HISTORY / Social History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 318973
Call No.: 318973
Copy: 1
Status: Available