NDLI: ‘Ecopolis’: the regenerative city

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‘Ecopolis’: the regenerative city

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Copyright Year	2014
Description	Cities tend to absorb resources from nature and discharge their wastes without taking responsibility for the consequences. In the last 100 years, the process of urbanization has become ever more resource-intensive, and it now signiﬁcantly contributes to climate change, loss of soil carbon, decreased natural fertility of farmland and the loss of biodiversity across the world. A comprehensive approach – beyond established concepts of sustainable development – is needed. Regenerative development solutions to many challenges have already been implemented. These include land-use planning in favour of compact, transport-efﬁcient communities; energy efﬁciency in buildings; smart grids and renewable energy production; waste recycling and reuse. However, we need to think beyond these challenges, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the global impacts of urbanization on the planet as a living system. This chapter argues that the established concept of urban ecology should be expanded to include all the territories involved in sustaining urban systems. The regenerative development of cities thus takes on the meaning of eco-regeneration. Book Name: Low Carbon Cities
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DOI	10.4324/9781315766003-13
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2014-09-15
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Book Name: Low Carbon Cities Sustainable Science and Technology Land Use Cities Buildings Regenerative Development Established Concepts
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Chapter

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