<i>¡°Even with the latest and best vehicles, machinery, technology and buildings, if we continue to use resources irresponsibly ¡ª if we continue to waste food, water and energy ¡ª we are not even in the race.¡±</i> This book looks at the sustainable issues and the accompanying opportunities,...

The year 2015 will be a landmark year for international climate change negotiations. Governments have agreed to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris in 2015....

By providing a theoretical analysis for the issues of climate change, carbon emission mitigation, energy-saving and low-carbon development, this book develops a new branch of economics known as Low-carbon Economics. It explores economic theories, analysis methodologies, measurements, indexes and...

The world is facing an age of scarcity which will challenge all cities to reduce their resource footprint, especially carbon, improve biodiversity and at the same time continue to create economic opportunities and liveable places. This is green urbanism. Asian urban growth is leading the world...