The frugal city, a model for preparing for the post-oil era.
Chessboard Street| N° d'inventaire | 26736 |
| Format | 11 x 17.5 |
| Détails | 128 p., some black and white illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782374253183 |
The notion of a "sustainable city" is becoming a marketing slogan or a politically correct formula, useful for building consensus, but not very suitable for founding relevant strategies for urban planning. However, our societies and cities must prepare to operate with scarcer and more expensive oil: since the beginning of the 21st century, the costs associated with running cities have increased rapidly and are weighing increasingly heavily on public and private finances.
The most daring cities have understood that energy constraints could be a tremendous opportunity to reinvent themselves by relying on another vision of the city of tomorrow: that of a frugal city, reconciling the satisfaction of needs with an economy of means and resources. Illustrating his point with relevant examples from France and Europe, Jean Haëntjens explains the principle of this model by applying it concretely to the different components of our urban system: mobility, spatial planning, accessibility of essential services, etc.
The notion of a "sustainable city" is becoming a marketing slogan or a politically correct formula, useful for building consensus, but not very suitable for founding relevant strategies for urban planning. However, our societies and cities must prepare to operate with scarcer and more expensive oil: since the beginning of the 21st century, the costs associated with running cities have increased rapidly and are weighing increasingly heavily on public and private finances.
The most daring cities have understood that energy constraints could be a tremendous opportunity to reinvent themselves by relying on another vision of the city of tomorrow: that of a frugal city, reconciling the satisfaction of needs with an economy of means and resources. Illustrating his point with relevant examples from France and Europe, Jean Haëntjens explains the principle of this model by applying it concretely to the different components of our urban system: mobility, spatial planning, accessibility of essential services, etc.