Cities and Climate Change
Published on 27. August 2003
256 pages
978-1-134-48073-9 (ISBN)
Description
Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability.
Cities and Climate Change is the first in-depth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. The book argues that key challenges concerning the resources and powers of local government, as well as conflicts between local goals for economic development and climate change mitigation, have restricted the level of local action on climate change. These findings have significant implications for the prospects of mitigating climate change and achieving urban sustainability. This book provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of these issues, and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales.
Cities and Climate Change is the first in-depth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. The book argues that key challenges concerning the resources and powers of local government, as well as conflicts between local goals for economic development and climate change mitigation, have restricted the level of local action on climate change. These findings have significant implications for the prospects of mitigating climate change and achieving urban sustainability. This book provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of these issues, and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales.
Reviews / Votes
'In all, the book's cross-disciplinary relevance, clear arguaments and well-referenced blend of theory and practice are a vital resource for students to professors from sociology to meteorology.'- The Geographic JournalMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
3,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-48073-9 (9781134480739)
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Michelle Betsill | Harriet Bulkeley
Cities and Climate Change
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03/2005
1st Edition
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Michelle Betsill | Harriet Bulkeley
Cities and Climate Change
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12/2002
1st Edition
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Persons
Dr Harriet Bulkeley is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Dr Michele M. Betsill is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA.
Content
1 Introduction PART I Governing climate change 2 Global environmental governance 3 The politics of climate change: global to local PART II Cities and climate protection 4 Local government and local governance 5 Newcastle upon Tyne: planning and climate protection 6 Cambridgeshire: climate protection and local transport policy 7 Leicester: climate protection and the built environment 8 Denver: climate protection, energy management and the transport sector 9 Milwaukee: climate protection and new urbanism 10 Newcastle, New South Wales: win-win solutions for climate protection? PART III Conclusions 11 Cities protecting the climate 12 Transnational networks and global environmental governance
