Climate Change and Urban Settlements: A Spatial Perspective of Carbon Footprint and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9780367218935 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

Mahendra Sethi

Opis

This book explores the ways in which cities, through their spatial development, contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and looks at the ways in which rapidly urbanizing cities in low- and middle-income countries can be planned to reduce overall GHG emissions. The book considers key questions such as what should be the appropriate economies

Spis treści

1. Climate change and urban areas 2. Interrelation between development, urbanization and carbon footprint 3. Role of cities in contributing to national urban GHGs 4. Urban spatial parameters 5. Spatial metrics and modelling 6. Research and Policy Implications, Appendices

O autorze

Mahendra Sethi is an urban environment expert and recipient of the United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) PhD Fellowship at UNU-IAS, Japan. His field of research explores the role of cities at the interface of global environmental change with a particular focus on developing countries. In India, he is associated with the National Institute of Urban Affairs, as editor of the research journal Urban India.