Political Science : City Planning & Urban Development

‘Biofuels for Transport is a tour de force through the complex array of issues associated with rapidly expanding biofuels markets around the world. Exploring both the risks and opportunities of biofuels production and consumption this timely publication is a mustread for policy-makers investors entrepreneurs and civil society organizations interested in creating a more sustainable future.’ Julia Marton-Lefèvre Director General of the World Conservation Union (IUCN) ‘This is the most authoritative work published so far on the production and use of biofuels covering not only the technical but also the key environmental economic and social issues. Anyone interested in finding if Brazil is going to be the "new Saudi Arabia" of ethanol or if there is going to be a new OPEC of producers of biofuels should read this book.’ Professor José Goldemberg University of São Paulo Brazil Former Secretary for the Environment of the State of São Paulo Brazil ‘Biofuels for Transport is an insightful and timely study of how biofuels can reach their potential to strengthen energy security promote economic development and protect the environment. This much-needed analysis will benefit both policy-makers and practitioners.’ Senator Richard Lugar ‘A compelling synthesis of the current and future trends in biofuels with a thorough assessment of actions that must be taken to ensure the sustainable development of this industry.’ Amory B. Lovins Chairman and Chief Scientist of Rocky Mountain Institute ‘An essential treatment of this vital subject.’ Vinod Khosla founder of Khosla Ventures USA The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of biofuels for transport. The combination of rising oil prices issues of security climate instability and pollution deepening poverty in rural and agricultural areas and a host of improved technologies is propelling governments to enact powerful i more...

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A glance at a list of America's fastest growing ''cities'' reveals quite a surprise: most are really overgrown suburbs. Places such as Anaheim, California, Coral Springs, Florida, Naperville, Illinois, North Las Vegas, Nevada, and Plano, Texas, have swelled to big-city size with few people really noticing—including many of their ten million residents. These ''boomburbs'' are large, rapidly growing, incorporated communities of more than 100,000 residents that are not the biggest city in their region. Here, Robert E. Lang and Jennifer B. LeFurgy explain who lives in them, what they look like, how they are governed, and why their rise calls into question the definition of urban. Located in over twenty-five major metro areas throughout the United States, numerous boomburbs have doubled, tripled, even quadrupled in size between census reports. Some are now more populated than traditional big cities. The population of the biggest boomburb-Mesa, Arizona-recently surpassed that of Minneapolis and Miami. Typically large and sprawling, boomburbs are ''accidental cities,'' but not because they lack planning. Many are made up of master-planned communities that have grown into one another. Few anticipated becoming big cities and unintentionally arrived at their status. Although boomburbs possess elements found in cities such as housing, retailing, offices, and entertainment, they lack large downtowns. But they can contain high-profile industries and entertainment venues: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Arizona Cardinals are among over a dozen major-league sports teams who play in the boomburbs. Urban in fact but not in feel, these drive-by cities of highways, office parks, and shopping malls are much more horizontally built and less pedestrian friendly than most older suburbs. And, contrary to common perceptions of suburbia, they are not rich and elitist. Poverty is often seen in boomburb communities of small single-family homes, neighborhoods that once represented the Ame more...

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This is a comprehensive introduction to current processes of urban restructuring, geographies of division and contemporary conditions within the city. Combines conceptual and empirical analyses from leading researchers in the field. more...

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This book highlights how the plight of single mothers, the problem of funding pensioners, and the future of the welfare state, all depend on demographic trends in society. more...

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A comprehensive account of the policies, programmes and effects of the most controversial urban policy programmes imposed on British cities. The book places policies in context and critically examines them before providing eight case studies and analyzing the legacy of development corporations. more...

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