The Climate Planner: Overcoming Pushback Against Local Mitigation and Adaptation Plans

ISBN-13: 9781032020235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 332 str.

Jason King

Opis

The Climate Planner is about overcoming the objections to climate change mitigation and adaption that planners face at a local level.

Spis treści

Part 1 Why Are We Doing This? Local Planning and the Call  1 Climate Planning Objection 1: "Climate change is a lie. It can’t be proven. The climate change myth is a political maneuver."  2 Climate Planning Objection 2: "We don’t have the will. We don’t have the money."  3 Climate Planning Objection 3: "Climate change is not that bad. It’s only a few degrees. It’s just an attention‐getter. Scientists are using the issue to get their research funded."  4 Climate Planning Objection 4: "All change brings both good and bad. Besides, the climate change cure would probably be worse than the disease."  5 Climate Planning Objection 5: "We have bigger problems than climate change and other priorities."  6 Climate Planning Objection 6: "Retreat is not an option. Everywhere in the world is prone to some kind of natural disaster. We need to take a stand."  7 Climate Planning Objection 7: "It’s a lost fight. It’s too late."  8 Climate Planning Objection 8: "Someone will fix this. Some new technological invention will save us."  9 Climate Planning Objection 9: "The future can’t be predicted. Climate models are unreliable."  10 Climate Planning Objection 10: "I’ll be dead when this happens."  Part 2 Creating Climate Plans  11 Drafting the Plan: The Main Stages  12 Co‐authoring the Plan with the Public  13 Dealing with Setbacks  Part 3 Two American Cities in 2050  14 Miami and Southeast Florida  15 El Paso, Texas

O autorze

Jason King, AICP, is an urban planner who has directed multi-disciplinary teams around the U.S. and the world, and has served as the project director and prime author on over 200 plans for cities, towns, neighborhoods, and corridors. From the first plan he worked on for the Tarautao Islands of Thailand, to the multiple plans he authored in Coastal Louisiana, Southeast Florida, and the American Southwest, Jason’s work has focused on social, economic, and climate change resilience. He is a Principal at Dover, Kohl & Partners.