Green Citynomics: The Urban War Against Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9781906093228 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 298 str.

Tang, Kenny

Opis

Today, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They cover less than 3% of the earth's surface. And urbanisation continues apace.

Spis treści

Foreword: Leadership by citiesChris Walker, The Climate GroupPrefaceKenny Tang Section 1: Introduction1. Introduction to Green CITYnomics: the urban war against climate change 2. Climate change: a tipping point for a move towards sustainable development? 3. A blueprint for the integrated assessment of climate change in cities Section 2: Policy-making and CO2 management systems4. Climate change impacts and responses: Hong Kong's vulnerable environment, infrastructure and economy 5. Municipal Adaptation Planning: a city-based framework for climate change adaptation6. Developing a CO2 management system for public authorities7. Climate change and policy-making in the Baltic Sea regionSection 3: Health, air quality, transport, land use and water8. Urban local governments and human health in a climate of change9. Better urban air quality and the Clean Development Mechanism: bringing together local and global interests10. Climate change and unsustainable land uses: the case of repetitive loss properties11. The contribution of water supply systems to climate changeSection 4: Solar heating, urban heat island, buildings and urban planning education12. Environmental solar heating standard: a GHG mitigation policy in Mexico City13. A Study of urban heat island intensity: the case of Doha14. Emissions trading: a building block to the climate change solution?15. Climate change, peak oil and new curricula in urban planning education

O autorze

Tang, Kenny