Cities and climate change

Publication Year

2014

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Specifically focuses on climate change in cities, providing an overview of the science and policy of climate change at the global level and the emergence of climate change as an urban policy issue. Considers the challenges of governing climate change in the city in the context of the changing nature of urban politics, economics, society and infrastructures. Also looks at how responses for mitigation and adaptation have emerged within the city, and the implications of climate change for social and environmental justice. Chapters cover: climate change in urban areas; climate risk and vulnerability in the city; accounting for urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; governing climate change in the city; climate change mitigation and low carbon cities; urban adaptation and climate resilient cities; climate change experiments and alternatives in the city.

Document History

Part of the Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City series. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group.

Author

Bulkeley, H.

ISBN

9780415597050

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