Note: Intro -- Forewords -- Contents -- Challenges and Opportunities for Transition to Low Carbon Cities -- Big Data, People, and Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 What Data Exist -- 3 What Data Do Not Exist -- 4 What More Is Needed? -- 5 How to Use Data -- 6 Conclusions -- 7 Summary -- References -- Co-benefits and Co-costs of Climate Action Plans for Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction -- Importance of City-Level Climate Mitigation and Adaption -- Significance of Including Co-benefits and co-costs in City-Level Climate Action -- 2 Economic Argument for Including Co-benefits and Co-costs -- Optimal Abatement Levels Including Direct Benefits and Co-benefits -- 3 Representative Cities and Their Climate Mitigation Plans -- Cities in Developed Nations -- Cities in Developing Nations -- Climate Action Categories -- 4 City Climate Action Plan Analysis -- Differences in Action Categories and Their Frequencies -- Identification or Recognition of Co-benefits and Co-costs -- 5 Insights and Implications from the Network Analysis of City Action Plans -- References -- Optimizing Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities for Low Carbon Development -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Characterizing Urban Water Systems -- 3 Energy Dependency of Urban Water Systems -- 4 Drivers That Affect Water Related Energy Linkage in Cities -- 5 Towards Net Zero GHG Emission and Self-Sufficiency -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Grassroots Environmentalism and Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transition Town Movement -- Ecovillage Movement -- Community Renewable Energy -- Conclusion -- References -- Emerging Low-Carbon Urban Mega-Projects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Geography of Eco-Cities -- 3 Eco-City Mega-Projects -- Masdar Eco-City -- Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- References: Websites. , Energy Consumption and Emissions Assessment in Cities: An Overview -- 1 Introduction -- Energy Consumption, GHG Emissions and Urbanization -- Measuring the Carbon and Environmental Footprint of Cities -- Cities as Solution or as a Problem -- 2 Conclusions -- 3 Summary -- References -- Information Sources -- Low Carbon Urban Design: Potentials and Opportunities -- 1 Low Carbon Cities and Urban Sustainability -- 2 Low Carbon Urban Design Potentials -- Existing Indicators for Urban Sustainability and Low Carbon Performance -- Potential Directions: Emergent and Future Technologies -- 3 Low Carbon Urban Design Opportunities -- Low Carbon City Initiatives in China -- Application of Low Carbon Urban Design in Hong Kong: The Kai Tak Development -- 4 Future Research -- References -- Toward Low Carbon Cities: The Chinese Experience -- 1 Introduction -- 2 China´s Urbanization Challenge -- 3 Qingdao -- 4 Tianjin -- 5 China´s Greening City Strategy -- 6 Chapter Summary -- References -- Low-Carbon Urban Infrastructure -- 1 Urban Form: Foundation of Low-Carbon Infrastructure -- 2 Energy Infrastructure: Demand and Supply -- End-Use Efficiency -- Supply-Side Efficiency and De-carbonization -- 3 Water Infrastructure: Low-Carbon and Resilient -- Save First -- Wastewater Treatment and Biogas Cogeneration -- 4 Transportation Infrastructure: Rethinking Mobility -- Prioritize Investments in Low-Carbon Transport Modes -- Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) -- Integrated Transport Infrastructure -- Multimodal Streets -- Cleaner Vehicle Technology -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Low-Carbon Waste Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 3 Low-Carbon Landfill Design -- 4 Organic Waste Diversion -- 5 Thermal Treatment of Waste -- 6 Source Reduction, Reuse, Recycling, and Recovery -- 7 Systemic Changes Towards GHG Mitigation from Waste. , 8 Mitigation at the Urban Scale -- References -- Internet References -- Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Cities: The Role of Inventories and Mitigation Action Planning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Ancillary Effects of Climate Policies at the Local Level -- Accounting and Mitigating GHG Emissions -- Box 1 -- 3 International Practice: GHG Inventories in Cities -- Main Methodologies -- How to Draw Boundaries for Analysis? -- What to Measure? -- How to Measure? -- Practical Experiences -- Inventory Accounting -- Mitigation Accounting -- 4 Rio de Janeiro´s Experience -- Inventory -- Box 2 -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Social Factors Affecting Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rapidly Emerging Cities (Early Infrastructural Transition) -- 3 Mature Cities (Lifestyle Changes) -- 4 Already Built-Up Cities (Reconciling Growth and Emissions in Developing Countries) -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- References (Web) -- Key Drivers and Trends of Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 1 Drivers of GHG Emissions from the Energy System -- 2 Profiles and Trends in GHG Emissions from Urban Energy Use -- 3 Transition in Technology, Infrastructure, and Fuel Mix in Cities and GHG Implications -- 4 Trans-Boundary Energy Linkages and Their Implications for Urban GHG Accounting -- 5 Stakeholders, Markets, and Governance -- Appendix -- References -- Potential Transformation Pathways Towards Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Challenge of Climate Change and the Opportunity of Cities -- 3 Scenarios for Long-Term Transformation -- 4 Low-Carbon Future Bristol -- 5 Methodology -- 6 Outcomes -- Scenario X: `Low-Carbon Business-As-Usual´ -- Scenario Y: `Re-localised Sustainable Transformation´ -- 7 Discussion -- 8 Chapter Summary -- References -- Eco-Districts as a Transition Pathway to Low-Carbon Cities -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Urban Climate Change Planning: A Focus on Eco-Districts -- Organisational Learning in Urban Climate Change Planning and Policy -- 3 Malmö´s Approach to Climate Change and Sustainable Development -- The Eco-District: From Industrial Wasteland to Vision of Sustainability -- Applying Lessons and Raising the Bar -- 4 Analyzing Malmö´s Success -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Index.

Note: Cover -- Low Carbon Transport in Asia -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Part I Introduction -- 1. Low carbon transport and co-benefits in Asia: An overview -- Part II Analytical frameworks -- 2. The co-benefits of transport policies in Asia: A review of the literature -- 3. Maximising the co-benefits of light-duty dieselisation in Asia -- 4. Reducing particulate matter emissions from buses and trucks in Asia: A framework to assess air pollution and climate change co-impacts -- Part III Case studies -- 5. Quantifying co-benefits from low carbon transport in Hanoi, Vietnam -- 6. Analyzing the co-benefits of transport policies in Hyderabad, India -- 7. The co-benefits of a city toll in Beijing: Barriers and solutions -- 8. Integrating land use, transport, energy, and the environment: The case of Bandung, Indonesia -- 9. Enabling fuel switching in Pakistan: A case study of compressed natural gas -- 10. The co-benefits of Jakarta's Bus Rapid Transit: Getting the institutions right -- Part IV International initiatives and the way forward -- 11. Japan's approach to co-benefits: Recognition, implementation, and evaluation -- 12. International climate change initiatives and low carbon transport in Asia: Perspectives and prospects -- 13. Low carbon transport and co-benefits in Asia: The way forward -- Index.