Climate Chaos

John Hans Gilderbloom

doi:10.5771/9781666940503

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Copyright year: 2025
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-4049-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-4050-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 500
Product type: Edited Book

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Our Common Home No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1. The Missing Link of Air Pollution: A Closer Look at the Association between Place and Life Expectancy in 146 Mid-Sized Cities No access
  2. What Cities Are Most Dangerous to Your Life Expectancy? Toward a Methodology of Livability No access
  3. Pollution and the Pandemic: Explaining Differences in COVID-19 Rates across 146 U.S. Communities No access
  4. Automobile Addiction Kills the Earth: The Need for Multimodality No access
  5. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Need for Renewable Energies No access
2. 1. How to Do a Pollution Audit in Your City No access
  2. “Mama, I Can’t Breathe.” Louisville’s Dirty Air Has Steep Medical and Economic Costs No access
  3. Pollution, Place, and Premature Death: Evidence from a Mid-Sized City No access
  4. How Brownfield Sites in Neighborhoods Kill Places and People: An Examination of Neighborhood Housing Values, Foreclosures, Crime, and Lifespan No access
3. 1. How to Make Our Schools Greener and Our Students Smarter No access
  2. The Impact of Air Pollution on Public School Achievement No access
  3. Will Planting Eight Billion More Trees Solve Climate Chaos? No! No access
  4. Does Walkability Matter? Exploring the Relationship Between Walkability and Housing, Foreclosure, Health, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases No access
  5. Biking is the Best Choice for Health, Safety, and Zero Emissions No access
  6. Designing and Building Affordable and Attractive Housing for Working People No access
  7. Portland, The Best Livable City in America: Equity, Health, and Safety No access
  8. Amsterdam: Planning and Policy in the World’s Most Livable City No access
  9. Historic Preservation as a Sustainability Strategy to Foster Pro-Environmental Cultures No access
4. 1. Climate of Hope: Cities Leading the Way No access
  2. What We Hope to Accomplish with This Book No access
5. References No access
1. 1. 1. Impacts of Air Pollution on Human Health No access
    2. Urban Planning Considerations No access
    3. Methodologies No access
    4. Case Selection No access
    5. Dependent Variable No access
    6. Control Variables No access
    7. Test Variables No access
    8. Analysis No access
    9. Results No access
    10. Discussion No access
  2. Conclusions No access
  3. Note No access
  4. References No access
2. 1. 1. Methodology No access
    2. Case Selection Criteria No access
    3. Excluded Cases No access
    4. Test Variables No access
  2. 1. Particulate Matter No access
    2. Nitrogen Oxides No access
    3. Sulfur Oxides No access
    4. Analysis: Which Mid-Size Cities Have the Dirtiest Air? No access
    5. Ranking Mid-Size Cities by Air Pollution Levels No access
    6. The Implications of Pollution No access
    7. Facts Over Politics No access
    8. Limitations of the Methodology Applied No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Acknowledgments No access
  5. Appendix No access
  6. References No access
3. 1. 1. Case Selection No access
    2. Measures No access
    3. Statistical Analyses No access
    4. Results No access
    5. Discussion No access
  2. References No access
4. 1. 1. Hypotheses No access
  2. 1. Level and Unit of Analysis No access
    2. Data No access
    3. Methods No access
  3. 1. Bivariate Analysis: Differences in Multimodality by Exemplars No access
    2. Regression Analyses No access
  4. Discussion No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Note No access
  7. References No access
5. 1. 1. Carbon Emissions No access
    2. The Costs of Reducing U.S. Carbon Emissions No access
    3. Potential for Reducing Carbon Emissions No access
    4. Impact of CO2 Regulations and Economics No access
    5. Sustainable Buildings No access
    6. The Role of Transportation Systems No access
    7. Tough Decisions on the Path to Decarbonization No access
    8. Tracking the Bottom Line No access
  2. Acknowledgments No access
  3. References No access
1. 1. 1. Bourbon Stockyard No access
    2. Beargrass Creek and Urban Streams No access
    3. Flood Control No access
    4. Combined Sewer No access
    5. Weinberg Company—Trolley Barn Site No access
    6. Distler’s Warehouse No access
    7. Liquor Distilleries No access
    8. Ohio River and McAlpine Lock and Dam No access
    9. Gallagher Power Plant No access
    10. Chickasaw Park Lake No access
    11. Ford Automobile Assembly Plant No access
    12. Morris Forman Wastewater Treatment Plant No access
    13. Rubbertown No access
    14. Carbide Industries No access
    15. Lubrizol, Zeon, and PolyOne No access
    16. DuPont No access
    17. Dow Chemical, Arkema No access
    18. American Synthetic Rubber Corp. No access
    19. Lake Dreamland No access
    20. Stauffer Chemical No access
    21. Momentive Specialty Chemicals No access
    22. Lee’s Lane Superfund Site No access
    23. Railroad Transportation Loading Yard No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. References No access
2. 1. Rubbertown: Companies and Surrounding Areas No access
  2. Rubbertown: Products and Chemicals No access
  3. Legacy Chemicals No access
  4. 1. Health Equity Report 2017 No access
    2. Asthma No access
    3. Cancer No access
    4. Life Expectancy by Zip Code No access
    5. Crime No access
    6. Suicide No access
    7. Lead Poisoning No access
    8. Toxic Release Inventory No access
  5. 1. Homo Toxicus No access
  6. Rubbertown Community Advocates No access
  7. Acknowledgments No access
  8. References No access
3. 1. 1. Countering the Claims That Place Causes Premature Death: Louisville No access
    2. Research Methodology: Environmental Toxins Impacts on Health in Louisville No access
    3. 1. Test Variable #1: Proximity to Brownfields No access
      2. Test Variable #2: Proximity to Rubbertown No access
      3. Control Variables: Other Neighborhood Factors No access
      4. Statistical Model No access
    4. Findings No access
    5. Additional Regression Equations—Education and Medical Access No access
    6. Other Statistical Tests No access
    7. Policy Implications and Conclusions No access
  2. Notes No access
  3. References No access
4. 1. 1. 1. Brownfield Sites and Race No access
      2. Contemporary Neighborhood Effects No access
  2. 1. Data No access
    2. 1. Housing Values No access
      2. Premature Death No access
      3. EPA Brownfield Site Measurement No access
    3. Methods No access
  3. 1. Housing Values No access
    2. Foreclosure No access
    3. Premature Deaths No access
    4. Case Study: Louisville’s East Russell No access
    5. Policy Implications and Conclusion No access
  4. Acknowledgments No access
  5. References No access
1. 1. 1. Cost and Uses of Solar Energy: A Review of Data from The New York Times No access
  2. References No access
2. 1. Impact of Air Pollution on Infant Health No access
  2. Local Impact of Air Pollution No access
  3. Rubbertown: America’s Most Polluted Neighborhood No access
  4. Methodology and Study Focus No access
  5. Data Sources No access
  6. Two Group Comparison No access
  7. Assessing Academic Differences No access
  8. Regression Analysis No access
  9. 1. Linking School Policies to Air Pollution No access
    2. Opportunities for Future Research No access
  10. Acknowledgments No access
  11. References No access
3. 1. 1. Water Reduction and Decreased Soil Erosion No access
    2. Recreation, Public Health, and Safety No access
    3. Benefits of Natural Air Conditioning for People and Real Estate No access
    4. How Chemical Companies Use Trees to Deflect Attention from the Real Problem of Pollution No access
  2. Acknowledgments No access
  3. References No access
4. 1. 1. Walkability and Health No access
    2. Walkability, Economic Value, and Demand No access
    3. Walkability and Equity No access
    4. Walkability and Forclosures No access
  2. 1. 1. Data No access
      2. Walkability Measurement No access
  3. Policy Implications and Conclusions No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
5. 1. 1. Cost of Driving for Citizens, Cities, and Universities No access
    2. Housing Value and Transportation Cost No access
    3. Economic Benefits of Bikeable Communities No access
    4. Health Benefits of Cycling No access
    5. Benefits to the Environment No access
  2. Case Study: Economic Benefits of Increased Bicycle Usage in a Mid-Sized City No access
  3. 1. Bike Lane Collisions No access
    2. Bike Lane Alternatives No access
    3. Collision Speed No access
    4. Collisions on One-Way Roads, Riding Against Traffic, and Sidewalk Riding No access
    5. Why Aren’t More People Biking? No access
    6. Case Study of University of Louisville No access
    7. Methods No access
    8. Data Analysis No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. References No access
6. 1. 1. 1. Urban Green Design: Enterprise, LEED, and Energy Star No access
      2. Improving LEED Guidelines: Emphasizing Nature over Mechanicals No access
      3. Nature versus High-tech Engineering No access
      4. Harnessing the Solar Resource No access
      5. Landscaping: Creating a Healthy and Vibrant Community No access
      6. Sustainable Drainage Systems No access
      7. Additional Recommendations & Insights No access
      8. Sustainable Neighborhoods: Complete Streets and Neighborhoods for All No access
      9. Designing Homes for the Elderly and Disabled No access
      10. Architectural and Location Needs No access
      11. Indoor Air Quality: The Issue of Tobacco Smoke No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. Acknowledgments No access
  4. References No access
7. 1. 1. The Green Economy No access
    2. Gentrification, Portland Style No access
    3. The Portland Plan and the Complete Neighborhood No access
    4. Streetcars and Light Rail No access
    5. The Craft Economy No access
    6. Urban Delights No access
    7. The Power of the Bicycle No access
    8. Equity and Gentrification No access
    9. Why Do Marxists Hate Green Cities Like Portland and Amsterdam? No access
  2. 1. Origins in the Comprehensive Plan No access
    2. The Residential Infill Project Stakeholder Advisory Committee No access
    3. Pivot to Advocacy and Coalition-Building No access
    4. HB 2001 and the Most Progressive Statewide Housing Policy in America No access
    5. The Future No access
    6. Portland: An Example of Green Urbanism in Action No access
  3. Appendix No access
  4. References No access
8. 1. 1. The Politics in Amsterdam—A Wide Range of Ideas No access
    2. Amsterdam: Decriminalization of Sex Trade No access
    3. Amsterdam: Decriminalization of Drug Usage No access
    4. Amsterdam: Lower Crime Rates No access
    5. Amsterdam: The Tolerant City No access
    6. Tolerance and Creative Class No access
    7. Amsterdam Housing Policies No access
    8. Amsterdam: The Green City No access
    9. Amsterdam: A City Engineered for Tomorrow No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. References No access
9. 1. 1. Preservation and Environmental Sustainability No access
    2. Embodied Energy No access
    3. Environmental Findings No access
    4. Preservation Creates Jobs, Jobs, Jobs No access
    5. Newport, from Vice to Nice No access
    6. What’s Up with Anti-Gentrification Hysteria? No access
    7. Discussion No access
  2. Conclusion No access
  3. References No access
1. 1. Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Need for Renewable Energies No access
  2. Historic Preservation as a Sustainability Strategy to Foster Pro-Environmental Cultures No access
  3. How to Make Our Schools Greener and Our Students Smarter No access
  4. Will Planting Eight Billion More Trees Solve Climate Chaos? No! No access
  5. Does Walkability Matter? Yes, It Reduces Foreclosure, Improves Health, and Reduces Greenhouse Gases No access
  6. Biking Is the Best Choice for Health, Safety, and Zero Emissions No access
  7. Portland, The Best Green City in America: Equity, Health, and Safety No access
  8. Amsterdam: Planning and Policy in the World’s Most Livable City No access
  9. Academic Freedom and Science Under Attack No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. References No access
A Prayer for Our Earth No access Pages 463 - 464
Index No access Pages 465 - 488
About the Contributors No access Pages 489 - 500