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Cities and Climate Change (Hardcover)
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Cities and Climate Change (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
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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.
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