Cities and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780415597050 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 268 str.

Harriet Bulkeley

Opis

'Cities and Climate Change' gives an in-depth and interdisciplinary analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Climate Change – An Urban Problem?  Chapter 2. Climate Risk and Vulnerability in the City  Chapter 3. Accounting for Urban GHG emissions  Chapter 4. Governing Climate Change in the City  Chapter 5. Climate Change Mitigation and Low Carbon Cities  Chapter 6. Urban Adaptation - Towards Climate Resilient Cities?  Chapter 7. Climate Change Experiments and Alternatives in the City  Chapter 8. Conclusions 

O autorze

Harriet A. Bulkeley is Professor of Geography, Energy and Environment in the Department of Geography, and Deputy Director of the Durham Energy Institute, Durham University, UK. Her research interests are in the nature and politics of environmental governance and focus on climate change and urban sustainability.