Creating Low Carbon Cities

Chapter1. Challenges and opportunities for transition to low carbon cities.- Chapter2. Big data, people and low carbon cities.- Chapter3. Co-benefits and co-costs of climate action plans for low-carbon cities.- Chapter4. Optimizing Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities for Low Carbon Development.- Chapter5. Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities.- Chapter6. Emerging low-carbon urban mega-projects.- Chapter7. Energy consumption and emissions assessment in cities: an overview.- Chapter8. Low carbon urban design: potentials and opportunities.- Chapter9. Low carbon cities: The Chinese experience.- Chapter10. Low-carbon urban infrastructure.- Chapter11. Low-carbon waste management.- Chapter12. Managing greenhouse gases emissions in cities: the role of inventories and mitigation actions planning.- Chapter13. Social factors affecting low carbon cities.- Chapter14. Key drivers and trends of urban greenhouse gas emissions.- Chapter15. Potential transformation pathways towards low carbon cities: the big picture.- Chapter16. Eco-Districts as a transition pathway to low-carbon cities.