Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change

Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer

Island Press, Jan 9, 2009 - Architecture - 184 pages

The authors of this spirited book don't believe that oblivion is necessarily the destiny of urban areas. Instead, they believe that intelligent planning and visionary leadership can help cities meet the impending crises, and look to existing initiatives in cities around the world. Rather than responding with fear (as a legion of doomsaying prognosticators have done), they choose hope. This is not a book filled with "blue sky" theory (although blue skies will be a welcome result of its recommendations). Rather, it is packed with practical ideas, some of which are already working in cities today. It frankly admits that our cities have problems that will worsen if they are not addressed, but it suggests that these problems are solvable. And the time to begin solving them is now.

About the author

Peter Newman is professor of sustainability at Curtin University in Western Australia. He is the author of Cities as Sustainable Ecosystems (Island Press, 2007). Timothy Beatley is Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia. His books include Green Urbanism (Island Press, 2000) and Ecology of Place (Island Press, 1997). Heather Boyer is senior editor at Island Press and 2005 Loeb Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
• Authors: Peter Newman, Timothy Beatley, Heather Boyer
• Publisher: Island Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1597268631, 9781597268639
• Length: 184 pages
• Subjects: Architecture / General; Architecture / Urban & Land Use Planning