Cities and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780415273794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 256 str.

Harriet Bulkeley; Christopher Yunn Norris; Michele Betsill

Opis

Climate change is the most prominent of all global environmental issues and cities have an important role in addressing the challenges it poses. 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. In the post-Rio era, international organisations and transnational networks have promoted the need for local action on global environmental issues.

Recenzje

'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 Journal

O autorze

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.