Description
Sustainable Mega City Communities scrutinizes the challenges encountered when designing, planning and constructing sustainable megacities. Chapters explain the role of national and local governments for the strategic planning, development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of standards of water, air, food and products used by the community. Other chapters cover Water Delivery Systems, Sanitation and Waste Disposal Systems, Power Systems, and Public Health Systems, new green technologies, practices, and standards predicated by the need for sustainable office building and housing.- Provides an in-depth look at critical infrastructural systems, charting problems and providing possible solutions- Addresses new green technologies, practices and standards predicated by the need for sustainable office building and housing- Explains the role of national and local governments for strategic planning, development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement
Table of Contents
SECTION 1 IntroductionSECTION 2 Public policy: the international perspective: Overview1. Government: plans, goals, and strategies to be smart and healthy communities2. The economics of sustainable development3. Systems integrated mass transit to walking paths4. Security and protection for people and systems: Integrated approaches for decoupling urban growth from emissions pressures in megacities5. Future needs from the SMC plans e looking at Jiaxing, China: 40 years' development from numbers6. Future needs from the Smart Mega City (SMC) Plansd - smart green citys - the case of IstanbulSECTION 3 Economic options: back to the future: In China, the future is now7. Finance, economics, and energy: SMC green development8. Circular economy: the next economics9. Options and planning for more sustainable development10. Global and international policies: UN Paris Accord UN G19 and G20SECTION 4 Globalism and regionalism: overview11. Improving interconnectivity with multimodal transportation12. Leading historical cities13. Tokyo sustainable megacity: robust governance to maximize synergiesSECTION 5 Conclusion14. USA yesterday, today, and next the near future
