"This is the book we city planners have been waiting for! Powerful, persuasive, and instructive, Resilient Cities offers the first comprehensive overview of how to achieve sustainability in our cities."
-Eugenie L. Birch, Nussdorf Professor,Department of City and Regional Planning, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
"The opportunities of the twenty-first century make those of us who care about cities feel like kids in a candy store: how will cities survive and lead the way in the transformation required to combat global warming? Resilient Cities gives us a road map fro this epic journey upon which we are embarking."
-Greg Nickels, mayor of Seattle,Washington
"Unwilling to accept the collapse of our cities as an option, Newman, Beatley, and Boyer have created a vision of possibilities, an inspiring artist's sketch of potentially viable and resilient urban futures."
-William E. Rees, professor,School of Community and Regional Planning,University of British Columbia
Photo: Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
From the introduction: "Resilience in our personal lives in about lasting, about making it through crises, about inner strength and strong physical constitution. Resilience is destroyed by fear, which causes us to panic, reduces our inner resolve, and eventually debilitates our bodies. Resilience is built on hope, which gives us confidence and strength. Hope is not blind to the possibility of everything getting worse, but it is a choice we make when faced with challenges. Hope brings health to our souls and bodies.
Resilience can be applied to cities. They too need to last, to respond to crises and adapt in a way that may cause them to change and grow differently; cities require an inner strength, a resolve, as well as a strong physical infrastructure and built environment."
|
