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This book addresses the crucial question of how the essential needs of the growing human population can be met without breaking the Earths already-stretched life-support system.With four out of five people predicted to be urban dwellers by 2080, One Planet Cities proposes a pathway to genuine sustainability for cities and neighbourhoods, using an approach based on contraction and convergence. Utilising interviews with key players, including the Global Footprint Network, World Future Council, WWF, mayors and government officials, and case studies from across the globe, including Europe, North and South America, Australia, South Africa, China and India, David Thorpe examines all aspects of modern society from food provision to neighbourhood design, via industry, the circular economy, energy and transport through the critical lens of the ecological footprint and relevant supporting international standards and indicators. Recommendations on managing supply chains and impacts, how the transition to a world within limits might be financed, and a deep examination of the Welsh Governments pioneering efforts follow. It concludes with an imagined vision of what a genuinely sustainable future might be like, and an appeal for one planeteers everywhere to step up to the challenge.This book will be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers involved in governance, administration, urban environments and sustainability, alongside students of the built environment, urban planning, environmental policy and energy.

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The earths resources are finite, but we consume and denigrate them as if they are unlimited. This is a recipe for a catastrophic future. In One PlanetCities, David Thorpe not only sounds the alarm but provides us with richly detailed, real-world examples of how to live within our means.
F. Kaid Benfield, Senior Counsel for Environmental Strategies, PlaceMakers LLC, USA
Wales may have its own legislation to create a harmonious future for people and planet, but we still need help to navigate the global evidence and help us on that path. With this book, David Thorpe has demonstrated that he can be that guide, helping us reach our own pathways at country, city or individual level on the basis of global science and evidence. Wherever you live, this book must be read and most importantly, acted upon.
Jane Davidson, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Engagement & Sustainability, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
Ultimately, humanity needs to fit within what our planet can renew. Cities play a critical role. David Thorpe gifts us with countless examples of what cities already do and what is possible to support this needed transition.
Mathis Wackernagel, co-creator of the Ecological Footprint and President of Global Footprint Network, California
David Thorpe is a fabulous writer who brings home on a very human level what the challenges of a warming climate really mean. His technical and evidence-based understanding, combined with his gift for simple language, makes this work a compelling read It [contains] a cornucopia of solutions and proven alternatives that can inspire action. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the mechanisms in play with our changing planet and how we can hope to influence its current trajectory.
Tina Perinotto, Managing Editor and founder, The Fifth Estate, Australia
Impressive work. An indispensable guide to what people are already doing around the world to ensure a sustainable future for us all.
Ian Crawley, CLT Technical Advisor and a Trustee of the National CLT Network, UK
An excellent integration of social, economic and environmental regeneration.
Storm Cunningham, Publisher of REVITALIZATION, USA
I am sure the book is going to be a success.
Pedro B. Ortiz, ex-Deputy Mayor of Madrid, Senior Consultant on Metropolitan Management and Planning for IGOs, USA
This collection is a mosaic of challenges and strategies, examples and ideas that point the way to further research.
Margaret Robertson, Lane Community College, USA
David Thorpes fascinating book is packed with ideas and inspiration; a gifted storyteller drawing together the strands of a new and hopeful collective story.
George Marshall, founder of Climate Outreach, UK
A must-read for 2019. David continues his campaign to a saner way of life with this latest book.
Mal Williams, Executive Director at Zero Waste International Trust, UK
ONE PLANET CITIES
This book addresses the crucial question of how the essential needs of the growing human population can be met without breaking the Earths already-stretched life-support system.
With four out of five people predicted to be urban dwellers by 2080, One Planet Cities proposes a pathway to genuine sustainability for cities and neighbourhoods, using an approach based on contraction and convergence. Utilising interviews with key players, including the Global Footprint Network, World Future Council, WWF, mayors and government officials, and case studies from across the globe, including Europe, North and South America, Australia, South Africa, China and India, David Thorpe examines all aspects of modern society from food provision to neighbourhood design, via industry, the circular economy, energy and transport through the critical lens of the ecological footprint and relevant supporting international standards and indicators. Recommendations on managing supply chains and impacts, how the transition to a world within limits might be financed, and a deep examination of the Welsh Governments pioneering efforts follow. It concludes with an imagined vision of what a genuinely sustainable future might be like, and an appeal for one planeteers everywhere to step up to the challenge.
This book will be of great interest to practitioners and policymakers involved in governance, administration, urban environments and sustainability, alongside students of the built environment, urban planning, environmental policy and energy.
David Thorpe is a lecturer in one planet development and governance at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK, a consultant on renewable energy and sustainable building, and founder/patron of One Planet Council. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Passive Solar Architecture Pocket Reference (Routledge, 2017), Solar Energy Pocket Reference (Routledge, 2017) and The One Planet Life (Routledge, 2014).
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2019 David Thorpe
The right of David Thorpe to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Thorpe, Dave, 1954- author.
Title: One planet cities : sustaining humanity within planetary limits / David Thorpe.
Description: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059887 (print) | LCCN 2019007673 (ebook) | ISBN 9780429463402 (Master) | ISBN 9781138615090 (hardback) | ISBN 9781138615106 (pbk.) | ISBN 9780429463402 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable urban development. | City planning--Environmental aspects. | Sustainable development. | Sustainable living.
Classification: LCC HT241 (ebook) | LCC HT241 .T56 2019 (print) | DDC 307.1/16--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059887
ISBN: 978-1-138-61509-0 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-61510-6 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-46340-2 (ebk)
To one planeteers everywhere: all people working for a fair and just future for humanity that repays civilisations debt to nature.
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To the future generation: Dion, Nemos, Sam and Bea.
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