Main entry:

Bulkeley, Harriet, 1972-

Title & Author:

Cities and climate change / Harriet Bulkeley.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.

Description:

vii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Climate change -- an urban problem? 1 -- Introducing climate change 1 -- What has climate change got to do with the city? 5 -- Urban worlds and climate-change futures 9 -- Chapter outline 14 -- Discussion points 16 -- Further reading and resources 16 -- 2 Climate risk and vulnerability in the city 18 -- Introduction 18 -- The urban impacts of climate change 20 -- Climate change and urban vulnerability 28 -- Conclusions 42 -- Discussion points 43 -- Further reading and resources 43 -- 3 Accounting for urban GHG emissions 45 -- Introduction 45 -- Assessing the urban contribution to climate change 47 -- Urban difference and the drivers of GHG emissions 58 -- Conclusions 69 -- Discussion points 69 -- Further reading and resources 70 -- 4 Governing climate change in the city 71 -- Introduction 71 -- Charting the emergence of urban climate-change responses 74 -- Understanding the nature of urban climate governance 91 -- Conclusions 104 -- Discussion points 105 -- Further reading and resources 105 -- 5 Climate-change mitigation and low-carbon cities 106 -- Introduction 106 -- What is mitigation? 108 -- Making mitigation policy 109 -- Municipal climate-change mitigation in action 118 -- The drivers and challenges of mitigation 132 -- Conclusions 138 -- Discussion points 140 -- Further reading and resources 141 -- 6 Urban adaptation -- towards climate-resilient cities? 142 -- Introduction 142 -- What is adaptation? 144 -- Making adaptation policy 150 -- Municipal climate-change adaptation in practice 163 -- Drivers and barriers for urban climate-change adaptation 179 -- Conclusions 187 -- Discussion points 188 -- Further reading and resources 188 -- 7 Climate-change experiments and alternatives in the city 190 -- Introduction 190 -- Sowing the seeds of change? 192 -- Experiments in practice 200 -- Alternatives: moving beyond the mainstream? 215 -- Conclusions 226 -- Discussion points 227 -- Further reading and resources 227 -- 8 Conclusions 229 -- Changing climate, changing cities? 230 -- Urban futures: towards climate justice? 235.

Summary:

Climate change is one of the most significant global challenges facing the world today. It is also a critical issue for the world's cities. Now home to over half the world's population, urban areas are significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Responding to climate change is a profound challenge. A variety of actors are involved in urban climate governance, with municipal governments, international organisations, and funding bodies pointing to cities as key arenas for response. This book provides the first critical introduction to these challenges, giving an overview of the science and policy of climate change at the global level and the emergence of climate change as an urban policy issue. It considers the challenges of governing climate change in the city in the context of the changing nature of urban politics, economics, society and infrastructures. It looks at how responses for mitigation and adaptation have emerged within the city, and the implications of climate change for social and environmental justice. Drawing on examples from cities in the north and south, and richly illustrated with detailed case-studies, this book will enable students to understand the potential and limits of addressing climate change at the urban level and to explore the consequences for our future cities. It will be essential reading for undergraduate students across the disciplines of geography, politics, sociology, urban studies, planning and science and technology studies.

ISBN:

9780415597043 (hardback ; alk. paper)
0415597048 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780415597050 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0415597056 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780415597059
9780203077207
0203077202

Subject:

Climatic changes.
Climatic changes Government policy.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Climate Change
Climat Changements.
Écologie urbaine.
climate change.
urban environments.
Science.
Climatic changes Environmental aspects

Added entries:

Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 286361
Call No.: BIB 226609
Notes: pbk.
Status: Available