Eco-Cities and the Transition to Low Carbon Economies

Federico Caprotti is Senior Lecturer in Cities and Sustainability at the Department of Geography, King's College London, UK. His main interests lie in the links between nature and the city. He has carried out historical research, as well as more contemporary work, on eco-cities in China and the Gulf. Federico's research has been funded by the British Academy, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Nuffield Foundation. In 2013 he was an academic writing fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center, working on eco-cities. Federico has previously been a member of faculty at various UK institutions, including Oxford University, University College London (UCL), the University of Leicester, and Plymouth University. He holds a bachelor's degree and a DPhil from Oxford University.

• 1. Eco-Cities in the Age of Crisis 2. Experimental Eco-Cities in China 3. Peak Oil and Eco-Urbanism in Abu Dhabi 4. Conclusion: Re-Thinking the Eco-City?

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