Spatial Planning and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9780415495905 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 480 str.

Elizabeth Wilson;Jake Piper

Opis

Spatial planning and climate change are closely intertwined - the effects of irresponsible planning can negatively impact our changing environment. This book addresses various issues on the relationship between our changing climate and spatial planning, and how we can address problems by using an approach to our preparation for the future.

Spis treści

Part 1: Introduction  1. Spatial Planning, Climate Change and Sustainable Development 2. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Impacts and Opportunities  3. International, European and National Policy Frameworks  Part 2: Perspectives  4. Discourses of Climate Change and Spatial Planning  5. Multi-Scalar Spatial Planning for Climate Change  6. Just Transitions: Horizons, Time-Scales and Equity  7. Environmental Impact Assessment for Climate Change in Spatial Planning  Part 3: Spatial Planning in Practice  8. Strategic Planning for Low-Carbon and Resilient Development Pattern  9. Climate Change and the Built Environment  10. Planning for Water Resources under Climate Change  11. Planning for Climate Change: Flood Risk and Marine and Coastal Areas  12. Planning for Biodiversity under Climate Change  Part 4: Prospects  13. Climate Change Learning, Knowledge and Communication amongst Spatial Planning Communities  14. Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation for Sustainable Development

O autorze

Elizabeth Wilson is Reader in Environmental Planning in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. She lectures and researches in the responses of spatial planning, environmental assessment and sustainability policy to climate change. She has recently worked on research studies on adaptation strategies in urban areas, and on the response of European biodiversity policy to climate change. Jake Piper is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University. She has research and consultancy experience in economic and environmental assessment across sectors including transport, forestry and water. Recently she has worked on studies of policy development and spatial planning as related to climate change and biodiversity (for the EU), as well as rural development.