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Climate Change and Urban Settlements - A Spatial Perspective of Carbon Footprint and Beyond (Paperback)
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Climate Change and Urban Settlements - A Spatial Perspective of Carbon Footprint and Beyond (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Hazards, Disaster Risk and Climate Change
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Climate change and urbanization are two of the greatest challenges
facing humanity in the 21st century, and their effects are
converging in dangerous ways. Cities contribute significantly to
global warming, and as the world further takes a rural-urban
population tilt, the next few decades pose a great challenge in
addressing global disparities in the access and allocation of
carbon. This book explores the ways in which cities, through their
spatial development, contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
and looks at the ways in which rapidly urbanizing cities in low-
and middle-income countries can be planned to reduce overall GHG
emissions. The book considers key questions such a: What should be
the appropriate economies of scale for cities in a country? What is
the most favourable rate of urbanization? What should be the most
suitable spatial pattern for a city? And what are appropriate
regulatory, economic or governance mechanisms to achieve a
low-carbon society? These issues are explored through data analysis
of over 156 developing countries and through a specific case study
of India. India acts as an interesting example of how societies
undergoing rural-to-urban transformations could become green within
the planetary boundaries while systematically addressing national
and local urban governance. The research concludes with a future
pathway that is committed to low-carbon and high-equity spatial
development, and will find pertinence to researchers and
practitioners alike. This book provides a new tool for
policymakers, planners and scholars to rationally and equitably
account for global carbon space, prioritize low-carbon strategies
for national urbanization and planning individual cities, in
addition to recommending an urban governance framework inclusive of
green agenda.
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