1st Edition
Urbanism for a Difficult Future Practical Responses to the Climate Crisis
Foreword by Andrés Duany 1. The Approach 2. Why Adaptation? 3. Adaptation Village: A Development Model 4. Enabling Relocation 5. Localizing Sustenance Systems 6. Social Organization and Governance 7. Design Principles 8. Life in the 21st Century 9. Conclusion Afterword by Paul Crabtree Bibliography Appendix A: Tools for Coding Appendix B: Essential Terms and concepts for Adaptation Urbanism
Biography
Korkut Onaran is a founder principal of Pel-Ona Architects and Urbanists. He also teaches as adjunct in the College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver. Urbanism, regulation cultures, and development codes have been a focus of his teaching and practice. His book Crafting Form-based Codes: Resilient Design, Policy, and Regulation was published by Routledge in 2019.
"Here is the rare book that anticipates with commonsense intelligence the most practical problems of how we will inhabit our landscape in the 21st century. The author recognizes the macro trends of downscaling and re-localization that will determine how we live in a coming period of industrial de-growth, changing climate, and social crisis. The writing is straightforward, clear, and muscular, conveying an urgent and purposeful spirit of facing the facts and getting things done."
James Howard Kunstler, Author of The Geography of Nowhere, The Long Emergency, and World Made by Hand
"In this ground-breaking book, Korkut Onaran tackles the inconvenient truth that humans must adapt to the accelerating impacts of climate change: where we’ll live, how we’ll live – and how we can successfully live together. This is an indispensable starting point for charting a resilient and humane future."
Rick Cole, Executive Director of The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)
"Since the early 2000s, literature from the built environment disciplines is replete with books offering road maps for cities to survive or thrive in a world of climate change. Urbanism for a Difficult Future joins this ever-expanding sub-genre. The author presents strong and compelling arguments to make the case for adaptation over mitigation."
Tony Matthews, Griffith University, for the Journal of Urban Affairs
