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List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 00Figure I.1 Matera, Italy. Many consider...Figure I.2 Left: Madain Saleh, Saudi...Figure I.3 Homeless people in the...Figure I.4 Summary of critical risks...Figure I.4 Summary of critical risks...Figure I.5 Left: Fleet Street today...Figure I.6 Mercator Research Institute’...
2 Chapter 1Figure 1.1 A depiction of Ancient...Figure 1.2 If you don’...Figure 1.3 The need for both...Figure 1.4 C40 analysis: consumption-based...Figure 1.5 C40 methodology showing overlap...Figure 1.6 Anthropogenic GHG emissions per...Figure 1.7 Cats being parachuted into...Figure 1.8 Chris Argyris’s...Figure 1.9 Waters Center’s...
3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 Uruk. (Source...Figure 2.2 The “Spaceship”...Figure 2.3 The remains of Mesopotamia...Figure 2.4 Venice today, a city...Figure 2.5 Jerusalem, the only city...
4 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 National policy is driving...Figure 3.2 The stifled development of...Figure 3.3 Rapid urban development in...Figure 3.4 Brasilia. (Source...Figure 3.5 Islamabad. (Source...
5 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 A girl begins a...Figure 4.2 Countries with largest likely...Figure 4.3 Long-term impact of...Figure 4.4 Nairobi, home of UN...Figure 4.5 Rocinha slum, one of...Figure 4.6 Cities’ share of...Figure 4.7 SDG 11 at a...Figure 4.8 SDG 11 targets.
6 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Data and the connectivity...Figure 5.2 A network is in...Figure 5.3 City-level commitment to...
7 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Cycle lanes in Copenhagen...Figure 6.2 CopenHill – a new...
8 Chapter 7Figure 7.1 Decoupling of CO...Figure 7.2 Illustration of population per...Figure 7.3 Technically feasible potential to...Figure 7.4 Technically feasible low carbon...Figure 7.5 Investments required to reduce...Figure 7.6 The net present value...
9 Chapter 7Figure 7.7 Examples of metropolitan areas...Figure 7.8 Urban extent of Pittsburgh...Figure 7.9 Share of global population...Figure 7.10 Proportion of 2050 urban...Figure 7.11 Six priorities for national...
10 Chapter 8Figure 8.1 The Five Element Model...Figure 8.2 The five business models...Figure 8.3 Cornwall Street, Birmingham...Figure 8.4 Tramway leading up to...Figure 8.5 Coventry. (Source...
11 Chapter 8Figure 9.1 American cities signing vPPAs...Figure 9.2 Off-shore wind farm...Figure 9.3 Shanghai, solar array, providing...Figure 9.4 Renewables transactions by US...Figure 9.5 Bunhill energy centre, illustrating...Figure 9.6 How Bunhill phase 2...
12 Chapter 10Figure 10.1 Estimated national carbon abatement...Figure 10.2 Pedestrians on Hollywood Boulevard...Figure 10.3 Population density and transport...Figure 10.4 Cycle of automobile dependency...Figure 10.5 Tokyo, Japan in 2015...Figure 10.6 Atlanta SUVs on the...Figure 10.7 Average carbon emissions (in...Figure 10.8 Thanks to Mexico City...
13 Chapter 11Figure 11.1 Despite the rise in...Figure 11.2 Through modal shifts away...Figure 11.3 San Francisco has an...Figure 11.4 The surest way to...
14 Chapter 12Figure 12.1 The Copenhagen mindset to...Figure 12.2 The Mayor’s...Figure 12.3 The Mayor wants to...Figure 12.4 Poster in city of...Figure 12.5 Conventional approaches for investigating...Figure 12.6 Number of households with...Figure 12.7 Housing deficit share by...Figure 12.8 The balance between overcrowding...Figure 13.1 PLACE/Ladywell, constructed by...Figure 13.2 101 George Street, Tide...
15 Chapter 13Figure 13.3 World Green Building Council...Figure 13.4 The renewable and recyclable...Figure 13.5A Dalston Works. (Source...Figure 13.5B Railway lines and tunnels...Figure 13.5C The timber used in...Figure 13.5D Cherry Court, Bacton Estate...Figure 13.5E Cherry Court, Bacton Estate...
16 Chapter 14Figure 14.1 Building sector CO...Figure 14.2 A typical landfill. Globally...Figure 14.3 The significance of composting...
17 Chapter 15Figure 15.1 A simple illustration of...Figure 15.2 Mountainous landfill from the...Figure 15.3 Stacked waste bundles today...Figure 15.4 Waste optimization by category...Figure 15.5 The zero waste campus...Figure 15.6 New LED streetlights in...
18 Chapter 16Figure 16.1 The phases of handling...Figure 16.2 Factors that contribute to...Figure 16.3 Pond in a Park...Figure 16.4 New Orleans City Park...
19 Chapter 17Figure 17.1 Fragile cities: how is...Figure 17.2 Factors that contribute to...Figure 17.3 Manhattan during the COVID...
20 Chapter 18Figure 18.1 A map of the...Figure 18.2 CleanPowerSF, San Francisco’...Figure 18.3 Computers at the Combat...
21 Chapter 19Figure 19.1 Thematic grouping of indicators...Figure 19.2 The new vision for...
22 Chapter 20Figure 20.1 Technology driving positive impact...Figure 20.2 Ultra low emission zone...Figure 20.3 HILD-car. Ppl, People...Figure 20.4 MIHD-transit.Figure 20.5 HIHD-transit.Figure 20.6 MILD-transit.Figure 20.7 HIHD-car.Figure 20.8 The impact of eMobility in Los Angeles.
23 Chapter 21Figure 21.1 Death rates from air...Figure 21.2 The annual mean PM2...Figure 21.3 Heavy traffic on a...Figure 21.4 Location of the monitoring...Figure 21.5 Left: The elevated freeway...Figure 21.6 Trends in NO...Figure 21.7 The London skyline. Cities...Figure 21.8 The interactive Breathe London...Figure 21.9 Mobile monitoring data of...
24 Chapter 22Figure 22.1 Technically feasible low-carbon...Figure 22.2 Autonomous driving in cities...Figure 22.3 Delivery drones could offer...Figure 22.4 Solar road in Dubai...
25 Chapter 23Figure 23.1 Green bond market flows...Figure 23.2 Role of cities over...Figure 23.3 Consumption-based emissions versus...Figure 23.4 Forty-five percent of...
26 Chapter 24Figure 24.1 Map developed for Milan...Figure 24.2 Thermal imagery of a...Figure 24.3 Construction of Medellí...
27 Chapter 25Figure 25.1 The fourfold increase of...Figure 25.2 Percentage of public green...Figure 25.3 Altab Ali Park, Whitechapel...Figure 25.4 Water, play, and delight...Figure 25.5 Skateboarding on London’...Figure 25.6 Public space as a...
28 Chapter 26Figure 26.1 Life on Earth: the...Figure 26.2 The controversial urban fox...Figure 26.3 The American grey squirrel...Figure 26.4 The Himalayan green ring...Figure 26.5 The moggy and the...Figure 26.6 The Incredible Edible London...Figure 26.7 Front gardens paved over...Figure 26.8 Depaved front garden in...Figure 26.9 Wildlife friendly garden...Figure 26.10 The importance of a...Figure 26.11 Plan of Berlin with...Figure 26.12 Lost Effra water solutions...Figure 26.13 Rain garden concept using...Figure 26.14 Lost Effra project removing...Figure 26.15 The community coming together...Figure 26.16 Image of Woodberry Wetlands...Figure 26.17 Aerial view of the...Figure 26.18 The Old Coalhouse before...Figure 26.19 The Old Coalhouse caf...Figure 26.20 Transformation of the reservoir...Figure 26.21 Woodberry Wetlands...
29 Chapter 27Figure 27.1 The Quito Metro tunnel...Figure 27.2 Finance mechanisms with potential...Figure 27.3 Mayor Rodas reviewing Quito...Figure 27.4 Drilling machines finishing Quito...Figure 27.5 Quito Metro trains arriving...Figure 27.6 Quito Metro trains...Figure 27.7 An historical day when...
30 Chapter 28Figure 28.1 The Liveable City....Figure 28.2 Bicycles in Copenhagen...
31 Chapter 29Figure 29.1 Jakarta’s City...Figure 29.2 Global indication of the...Figure 29.3 The Mayor of Oslo...Figure 29.4 London and New York...Figure 29.5 Blending the old with...Figure 29.6 Doughnut of social and...Figure 29.7 Amsterdam living the ‘...
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