Hot Cities

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'Wendy Steele (Australia), John Handmer, (Austria), and Ian McShane (Australia) have assembled an interdisciplinary collection of articles on contemporary climate change issues.Hot Cities integrates world-wide contributors and invites the reader to experience new terminologies and new ways of deciphering the changes we are all experiencing in today's world. Readers can acclimatize and share in forward-thinking aspects of climate change management. [...] Hot Cities is richly illustrated with image plates that depict archival evidence of change. It is a thought-provoking wake-up call where rising temperatures, climate change, and cities in flux are in great need of urban policy and action.' -- Ana Maria Klein, Urbana - Urban Affairs & Public Policy 'The book's transdisciplinary approach, blending scientific analysis with ethical reflection and community engagement, makes it a valuable resource for policymakers, urban planners, researchers, and citizens committed to creating resilient and sustainable cities in a warming world. Worldwide scholars can use this book to increase awareness of this important topic and as a starting point for discussion. I enjoyed reading this book and I can recommend it to anyone who wants to understand more about how we got here and what we need to do to address the issue of our hot cities.' -- Manuel Esperon-Rodriguez, Journal of Urban Affairs 'Albert Einstein famously said that "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." The authors of this book take this to heart and demonstrate that a new kind of thinking is urgently needed and possible to address the rising heat in our cities. Their transdisciplinary approach to tackling urban heat is grounded in ethics and equity, embracing a wide variety of knowledge. You may think that collectively embracing our creative ability to think differently won't lead to rapid decarbonization in our cities, but this book will change your mind!' -- Sabine von Mering, Brandeis University, US 'In the evolving reality of a heated planet, it is largely the voices of select natural sciences, finance, technology and risk appraisal that we hear. Hot Cities opens a far more imaginative and creative dialogue around climate change and our hugely varied cities, wielding diverse knowledges and values to offer both sharp warnings and inviting future prospects.' -- Steve Dovers, Australian National University 'The majority of humans now live in cities. With climate change accelerating, they are all hot cities. So how the urban population lives is both being affected by and contributing to climate change. This interdisciplinary effort is a handbook for civilised urban futures.' -- Ian Lowe (AO), Griffith University, Australia and author of Living in the Hothouse