Global Sustainable Communities Handbook :Green Design Technologies and Economics

Publication subTitle :Green Design Technologies and Economics

Author: Clark   Woodrow W.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9780123979292

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780123979148

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780123979148

Subject: X22 Environment and development

Language: ENG

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Description

Global Sustainable Communities Handbook is a guide for understanding and complying with the various international codes, methods, and legal hurtles surrounding the creation of sustainable communities all over the world. The book provides an introduction to sustainable development, technology and infrastructure outlines, codes, standards, and guidelines written by experts from across the globe.

  • Includes methods for the green use of natural resources in built communities
  • Clearly explains the most cutting edge green technologies
  • Provides a common approach to building green communities
  • Covers green practices from architecture to construction

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright

pp.:  5 – 6

CONTENTS

pp.:  6 – 14

PREFACE

pp.:  14 – 16

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

pp.:  16 – 20

OVERVIEW

pp.:  20 – 26

Chapter 1 - Introduction

pp.:  26 – 38

Chapter 2 - The Green Industrial Revolution

pp.:  38 – 66

Chapter 3 - Public Policy and Leadership: Infrastructures and Integration

pp.:  66 – 78

Chapter 4 - China: Resource Assessment of Offshore Wind Potential

pp.:  78 – 104

Chapter - Sustainable Planning of Open Urban Areas in Developing Countries: A Lesson from a Case Study in Tel Aviv, Israel

pp.:  104 – 118

Chapter 6 - India: Issues for Sustainable Growth/Innovation for Sustainability

pp.:  118 – 130

Chapter 7 - Germany’s Energiewende: Community-Driven Since the 1970s

pp.:  130 – 140

Chapter 8 - Multidisciplinary Integrated Development

pp.:  140 – 150

Chapter 9 - Think Globally, Act Locally, and Plan Nationally An Evaluation of Sustainable Development in Indonesia at National, Regional, and Local Levels

pp.:  150 – 242

Chapter 10 - Financial Investments for Zero Energy Houses: The Case of Near-Zero Energy Buildings

pp.:  242 – 280

Chapter 11 - The Canadian Context: Energy

pp.:  280 – 318

Chapter - Energy Management in a Small-Island Developing Economy: The Case of Mauritius

pp.:  318 – 330

Chapter 13 - Energy System of the Baltic States and its Development

pp.:  330 – 372

Chapter - Renewable Energy Generation: Incentives Matter: A Comparison Between Italy and Other European Countries

pp.:  372 – 394

Chapter 15 - Germany’s Energiewende

pp.:  394 – 412

Chapter - Educational Programs for Sustainable Societies Using Cross-Cultural Management Method: A Case Study from Serbia

pp.:  412 – 430

Chapter 17 - Business Ventures and Financial Sector in the United Arab Emirates

pp.:  430 – 476

Chapter 18 - Development of a Sustainable Disabled Population in Countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

pp.:  476 – 494

Chapter 19 - Political–Economic Governance of Renewable Energy Systems: The Key to Creating Sustainable Communities

pp.:  494 – 520

Chapter 20 - Sustainable Agriculture: The Food Chain

pp.:  520 – 532

Chapter 21 - Development Partnership of Renewable Energies Technology and Smart Grid in China

pp.:  532 – 552

Chapter 22 - The Regenerative Community Régénérer: A Haitian Model and Process Toward a Sustainable, Self-Renewing Economy

pp.:  552 – 564

Chapter 23 - Microcities

pp.:  564 – 584

Chapter 24 - Conclusion

pp.:  584 – 598

INDEX

pp.:  598 – 610

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