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Land use patterns and urban form can strongly impact an urban community's contribution to global climate change through the production of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Key contributors to a city's climate footprint include the physical arrangement of streets and public transportation infrastructure, building types, and land uses that influence both vehicle use and energy consumption in buildings.City and regional officials now facing new greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements are increasingly turning to urban design as a key component of climate change mitigation. But implementing an urban planning strategy that includes effective climate change mitigation techniques requires decision support tools that illustrate the GHG implications of land use and transportation options. While a wide spectrum of environmental urban planning tools currently exists, few have the capacity to work simultaneously at both the regional and local scale, or to capture both building performance and transportation demand analysis.This report reviews existing tools that help urban planners address climate change mitigation, analyzing the tools' scope, scale, methodology, and policy support, and presents four case studies illustrating how existing tools at various stages of development have been used.Product Identifiers
PublisherLincoln Institute of Land Policy
ISBN-139781558441941
eBay Product ID (ePID)202349150
Product Key Features
Number of Pages48 Pages
Publication NameUrban Planning Tools for Climate Change Mitigation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGeology
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaUrban Planning
AuthorPatrick Condon, Nicole Miller, Duncan Cavens
Dimensions
Item Height281 mm
Item Weight214 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorPatrick Condon, Nicole Miller, Duncan Cavens