Mattias Höjer & Anders Gullberg 
Images of the Future City 
Time and Space For Sustainable Development

This book is an ideal complement to studies showing the potentially devastating ecological effects of climate change, studies trying to calculate the costs of climate change, and studies trying to identify the most pressing needs in preparing for the new climate.

Table des matières

1. The Sustainable City.- 2. Limitations and Necessities.- 3. Limits of Urban Sustainability.- 4. Urban Tempo and Structure.- 5. Introduction – Urban Structure, Activity Patterns and Technology.- 6. Development of Urban Structures.- 7. Visions and Urban Structures.- 8. Stockholm’s Urban Development .- 9. Future Cities – Possible Changes.- 10. Time and Consumption.- 11. Housing and Other Premises.- 12. Food.- 13. Travel.- 14. Durable Goods.- 15. Time Use in the Future.- 16. Production.- 17. Vehicles.- 18. Housing.- 19. Summary of Technical Potential.- 20. Introduction.- 21. Six Images of the Future – Introduction and Definitions.- 22. Urban Cores 2050 – Fast and Slow.- 23. Suburban Centers – Fast and Slow.- 24. Low-rise Settlements – Fast and Slow.- 25. Measures and Possibilities in Concentration.- 26. Time Use Today and in Images of the Future.- 27. Energy Use From the Household Perspective.- 28. Energy Use in 2000 and 2050.- 29. Suburban and Inner City Families with Children and No Car.- 30. Images of the Future From a National Economic Perspective.- 31. The Sustainable City: Necessary System Shifts and Their Conditions; Appendixes.