Title

Low Carbon Development for Cities: Methods and Measures

Authors

Stephanie Ohshita, University of San FranciscoFollow
N Zhou
L Price
D Fridley
N Khanna
L X. Hong
H Y. Lu
C Fino-Chen
G He

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

Cities consume more than 60% of global energy and that share is expected to rise with the rapid rate of urbanization now underway (van der Hoeven, 2012). Cities' energy consumption, along with the reshaping and resurfacing of land and the food and other resources they demand, lead to a similarly large share of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, carbon-based and otherwise. With cities playing a crucial role in sustainable energy and climate systems, this chapter examines emerging efforts by cities around the world to shift to a development pattern with less energy and less carbon.

Comments

Publisher: Wiley

Link to full title: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118991978

Recommended Citation

Ohshita, S.B., Zhou, N., Price, L., Fridley, D., Khanna, N., Hong, L.X., Lu, H.Y., Fino-Chen, C., He, G. (2015). Low Carbon Development for Cities: Methods and Measures. In J.Y. Yan (Ed.), Handbook of Clean Energy Systems (3565-3587). London: Wiley.