City counsel

摘要

It is clear that we are doomed if we don't act and act fast on sustainability. But adopted Englishman Herbert Girardet shows how a combination of benign technology, more responsible behaviour and engaged local democracy will allow us to survive in 'Ecopolis'. Girardet lectures around the world, writes books and makes films about the unsustainable state of our growing world of cities and their impact. He passionately believes in cities and wants us to get on with making them work better. Cities People Planet is his tenth book and is a readable and optimistic primer that accepts the city and offers us a range of imaginative and realistic options for change. He brings a pragmatic calmness to the subject while avoiding the manifesto moralising found in other texts on the subject such as Factor Four(Amory Lovens) or Cradle to Cradle (William McDonough), although he does accept their theses.