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Low-Carbon Smart Cities

Part of the The Urban Book Series Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59618-1

ISBN: 978-3-319-59616-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Jul 12, 2017

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Evolution of Climate Resilience and Low-Carbon Smart City Planning: A Process

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 1 –76

[This chapter presents the global impacts of urbanization on urban ecosystems and their services, planning responses to climate change, and case studies and examines the emergence of climate resilient and low-carbon smart urbanism. Climate as one of the ecosystem services also is impacted by...
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Planning Models for Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Smart Cities: An Urban Innovation for Sustainability, Efficiency, Circularity, Resiliency, and Connectivity Planning

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 77 –85

[This chapter provides planning models for climate resilient and low-carbon smart cities as an urban innovation for sustainability, efficiency, resiliency, circularity, and connectivity of cities. The models incorporate strategic urban growth while keeping under control (or reducing) GHG...
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Integrated Planning Approach to Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Smart Cities: Process and Methods

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 87 –176

[This chapter examines an integrated planning approach to climate resilient and low-carbon smart cities in terms of process and methods. Management of urban areas and their growth and spatial planning require incorporating disaster risk management and the climate change agenda as essential...
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Methods and Techniques for Climate Resilient and Low-Carbon Smart City Planning

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 177 –213

[This chapter addresses methods and techniques for climate resilient and low-carbon smart city planning in more detail through the analysis of selected practices. There have been a number of urban planning methods and techniques over the past few decades. However, there is a lack of sufficient...
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Urban CDM-Based Approach: Urban Carbon FinancingUrban carbon financing

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 215 –257

[This chapter takes a look at Urban CDM-based financing and carbon financing banking system as a carbon governance approach. It compares the theoretical underpinnings, methods, tools, and market opportunities between the conventional CDM and an innovative urban-based CDM methodology. The testing...
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Research Needs

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 259 –283

[This chapter examines research needs related to technology and tech-smart urban investments. Smart city planning will need to continually and proactively adapt to constantly emerging new challenges, such as climate challenge and technologies. The emerging challenges of climate city planning are...
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Implementation of Climate Smart City Planning: Global Climate Smart City Platform Solution

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 285 –323

[This chapter describes the implementation of climate smart cities through a global climate smart city platform solution. There are huge investment opportunities associated with new implementation of climate smart cities in four distinct areas: framework, partnership, financial plan, and...
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Future of Climate Smart Cities

Kim, Kwi-Gon

Pages: 325 –331

[This chapter considers possible future developments in climate smart cities. Some positive directions to move forward will be characterized by a shift in global planning paradigms, more development of smart connect-tech and testbeds, political will, new guidelines and legislation for climate...

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