Half of the world’s inhabitants now live in cities. In the next twenty years, the number of urban dwellers will swell to an estimated five billion people. With their inefficient transportation systems and poorly designed buildings, many citiesespecially in the United Statesconsume enormous quantities of fossil fuels and emit high levels of greenhouse gases. But our planet is rapidly running out of the carbon-based fuels that have powered urban growth for centu… More >>
Resilient Cities: Responding to Peak Oil and Climate Change
Tags: climate change, enormous quantities, five billion, greenhouse gases, next twenty years
I think that with global warming occuring we all need to get educated. This book gives you some basic information about oil and its effect on climate change.
Rating: 4 / 5
Anyone who has anything to do with town planning should read this book. Anyone who is concerned about environmental issues should read this book. Anyone who isn’t concerned MUST read this book!! It scares the daylights out of me, and will do the same for any thinking person.
The simple message is that it is half-past time to act, and we must all be involved and committed to secure future standards of living.
Rating: 5 / 5