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This book argues that the relationship between cities and climate
change is entering a new and more urgent phase. Thirteen
contributions from a range of leading scholars explore the need to
rethink and reorient urban life in response to climatic change.
Split into four parts it begins by asking 'What is climate
urbanism?' and exploring key features from different locations and
epistemological traditions. The second section examines the
transformative potential of climate urbanism to challenge social
and environmental injustices within and between cities. In the
third part authors interrogate current knowledge paradigms
underpinning climate and urban science and how they shape
contemporary urban trajectories. The final section focuses on the
future, envisaging climate urbanism as a new communal project, and
focuses on the role of citizens and non-state actors in driving
transformative action. Consolidating debates on climate urbanism,
the book highlights the opportunities and tensions of urban
environmental policy, providing a framework for researchers and
practitioners to respond to the urban challenges of a radically
climate-changed world.
Madrid on the move illustrates print culture and the urban
experience in nineteenth-century Spain. It provides a fresh account
of modernity by looking beyond its canonical texts, artworks, and
locations and explores what being modern meant to people in their
daily lives. Rather than shifting the loci of modernity from Paris
or London to Madrid, this book decentres the concept and explains
the modern experience as part of a more fluid, global phenomenon.
Meanings of the modern were not only dictated by linguistic
authorities and urban technocrats; they were discussed, lived, and
constructed on a daily basis. Cultural actors and audiences
displayed an acute awareness of what being modern entailed and
explored the links between the local and the global, two concepts
and contexts that were being conceived and perceived as
inseparable. -- .
This reference for engineers, and graduate students covers sediment
transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments.
It presents the fundamentals required for understanding the physics
and for setting up numerical models. This book covers hydrodynamics
of estuarine and coastal environments, properties of seafloor and
estuarine composition, and hydroenvironmental interactions;
emphasising the inter-relations of small- and large-scale
processes, and short- and large-evolution timescales. The focus is,
principally, on the application of shallow-water theory, but some
surface wave models, and coupling of shallow-water models with
surface waves is also discussed to some extent. The guidance on
running regional models and the case studies presented are directed
to managed realignment, coastal protection, climate change impacts,
and offshore renewables. Key features: Gives a balanced review of
this rich interdisciplinary area Bridges practical engineering and
research Offers both large- and small-scale application Suits
graduate students and researchers as well as consulting engineers
Vanesa Magar is a senior researcher and associate professor at the
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de
Ensenada (CICESE) in Baja California, Mexico. She was formerly a
researcher and then a lecturer at Plymouth University, UK.
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the
importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with
case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices
towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with
individuals and communities. The chapters explore how diversity of
gender, class, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, age,
ability, and sexuality is taken (or not taken) into account and
approached in the planning and implementation of development policy
and interventions in poor urban areas. The book employs a practical
perspective on the deployment of theoretical critiques of
intersectionality and diversity in development practice through
case studies examining issues such as water and sanitation planning
in Dhaka, indigenous rights to the city in Bolivia, post-colonial
planning in Hong Kong, land reform in Zimbabwe, and many more. The
book focuses on radical alternatives with the potential to foster
urban transformations for planning and development communities
working around the world.
Energy has become a central concern of many strands of geographical
inquiry, from global climate change to the effects of energy
decisions on our lives. However, many aspects of the ‘black
box’ of relationships at the energy-society interface remain
unopened, especially in terms of the spatial underpinnings of
energy production and consumption within nations, cities and
regions. Debates focusing on the location and nature of energy
flows frequently fail to consider the multiple geographical
networks that illustrate and explain the distribution of fuels and
services around the world. Providing an integrated perspective on
the complex interdependencies between energy and geography, The
Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies offers a timely
conceptual framework to study the multiple facets of energy
geography, including security, space and place, planning,
environmental science, economics and political science.
Illustrating how a geographic approach towards energy can aid
decision-making pathways in the domains of social justice and
environment, this book provides insights that will help move the
international community toward greater cooperation, stability, and
sustainability.
The confluence of global climate change, growing levels of
energy consumption and rapid urbanization has led the international
policy community to regard urban responses to climate change as an
urgent agenda (World Bank 2010). The contribution of cities to
rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions coupled with concerns
about the vulnerability of urban places and communities to the
impacts of climate change have led to a relatively recent and
rapidly proliferating interest amongst both academic and policy
communities in how cities might be able to respond to mitigation
and adaptation. Attention has focused on the potential for
municipal authorities to develop policy and plans that can address
these twin issues, and the challenges of capacity, resource and
politics that have been encountered. While this literature has
captured some of the essential means through which the urban
response to climate change is being forged, is that it has failed
to take account of the multiple sites and spaces of climate change
response that are emerging in cities off-plan . "
An Urban Politics of Climate Change" provides the first account
of urban responses to climate change that moves beyond the boundary
of municipal institutions to critically examine the governing of
climate change in the city as a matter of both public and private
authority, and to engage with the ways in which this is bound up
with the politics and practices of urban infrastructure. The book
draws on cases from multiple cities in both developed and emerging
economies to providing new insight into the potential and
limitations of urban responses to climate change, as well as new
conceptual direction for our understanding of the politics of
environmental governance. "
The confluence of global climate change, growing levels of
energy consumption and rapid urbanization has led the international
policy community to regard urban responses to climate change as an
urgent agenda (World Bank 2010). The contribution of cities to
rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions coupled with concerns
about the vulnerability of urban places and communities to the
impacts of climate change have led to a relatively recent and
rapidly proliferating interest amongst both academic and policy
communities in how cities might be able to respond to mitigation
and adaptation. Attention has focused on the potential for
municipal authorities to develop policy and plans that can address
these twin issues, and the challenges of capacity, resource and
politics that have been encountered. While this literature has
captured some of the essential means through which the urban
response to climate change is being forged, is that it has failed
to take account of the multiple sites and spaces of climate change
response that are emerging in cities off-plan . "
An Urban Politics of Climate Change" provides the first account
of urban responses to climate change that moves beyond the boundary
of municipal institutions to critically examine the governing of
climate change in the city as a matter of both public and private
authority, and to engage with the ways in which this is bound up
with the politics and practices of urban infrastructure. The book
draws on cases from multiple cities in both developed and emerging
economies to providing new insight into the potential and
limitations of urban responses to climate change, as well as new
conceptual direction for our understanding of the politics of
environmental governance. "
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the
importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with
case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices
towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with
individuals and communities. The chapters explore how diversity of
gender, class, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, age,
ability, and sexuality is taken (or not taken) into account and
approached in the planning and implementation of development policy
and interventions in poor urban areas. The book employs a practical
perspective on the deployment of theoretical critiques of
intersectionality and diversity in development practice through
case studies examining issues such as water and sanitation planning
in Dhaka, indigenous rights to the city in Bolivia, post-colonial
planning in Hong Kong, land reform in Zimbabwe, and many more. The
book focuses on radical alternatives with the potential to foster
urban transformations for planning and development communities
working around the world.
Synthesis and design of new nanocatalysts is an important area of
research that aims to introduce multiple types of useful
applications in a greener market. The necessity of nanostructuring
the active sites has emerged as the key point in a successful
design of the catalysts. The book covers the progress in this
research area done in the last ten years. It includes the
classification of catalysts and structure of active sites at the
nanoscale. The book covers examples to present the concept,
evolution of nanocatalysts from the perspective of chemistry of
materials and their applications.
Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected
to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental
transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life,
such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low
carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way
societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this
transition because they concentrate social and economic activities
that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time,
cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for
climate change mitigation. Whether, how and why low carbon
transitions in urban systems take place in response to climate
change will therefore be decisive for the success of global
mitigation efforts. As a result, climate change increasingly
features as a critical issue in the management of urban
infrastructure and in urbanisation policies. Cities and Low Carbon
Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of
cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the
fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined
to examine how, why and with what implications cities bring about
low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts
underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses
its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and
technological responses to climate change that are emerging in
cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world
cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America,
Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that
expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive
socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban
contexts. This collection adds to existing literature on cities and
energy transitions and introduces critical questions about power
and social interests, lock-in and development trajectories, social
equity and economic development, and socio-technical change in
cities. The book addresses academics, policy makers, practitioners
and researchers interested in the development of systemic responses
in cities to curb climate change.
The large amount of information on fish reproduction available is
not always readily accessible to all interested parties. Written to
appeal to aquaculturalists, conservation managers, and scientific
researchers, Methods in Reproductive Aquaculture provides an
overview of available techniques and addresses ways to improve
depleted stocks of endangered fish and other species. The book
focuses on gamete quality and management, exploring new objectives
and areas of application and research, and new tools to deal with
some aspects in reproduction of aquatic species. It begins with an
examination of basic methods and techniques for gamete extraction,
mainly sperm collection and egg stripping in different species,
then describes techniques of spawning stimulation in males and
females. The volume then highlights sperm and egg quality
evaluation and considers sperm analysis from a practical broodstock
management point of view and in the selection of appropriate
breeders. The book goes on to discuss techniques used for
artificial fertilization and the procedures for obtaining modified
offspring. It introduces cryopreservation procedures for sperm,
oocytes, and embryos, then discusses the materials and facilities
required for gamete preparation and freezing-thawing procedures.
The book concludes with an extensive section detailing sperm
cryopreservation protocols for fifty-six marine and freshwater
species. Unique in its focus on both marine and freshwater
aquaculture of fishes, the book provides information on endangered,
highly profitable species for aquaculture or fisheries and species
with high potential in laboratory research. Presenting the
available information in an easily understandable way, this is not
merely a techniques book, but also a complete guide to fish
reproduction, gamete quality, and management.
Energy has become a central concern of many strands of geographical
inquiry, from global climate change to the effects of energy
decisions on our lives. However, many aspects of the 'black box' of
relationships at the energy-society interface remain unopened,
especially in terms of the spatial underpinnings of energy
production and consumption within nations, cities and regions.
Debates focusing on the location and nature of energy flows
frequently fail to consider the multiple geographical networks that
illustrate and explain the distribution of fuels and services
around the world. Providing an integrated perspective on the
complex interdependencies between energy and geography, The
Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies offers a timely
conceptual framework to study the multiple facets of energy
geography, including security, space and place, planning,
environmental science, economics and political science.
Illustrating how a geographic approach towards energy can aid
decision-making pathways in the domains of social justice and
environment, this book provides insights that will help move the
international community toward greater cooperation, stability, and
sustainability.
This reference for engineers, and graduate students covers sediment
transport and morphodynamics modelling in nearshore environments.
It presents the fundamentals required for understanding the physics
and for setting up numerical models. This book covers hydrodynamics
of estuarine and coastal environments, properties of seafloor and
estuarine composition, and hydroenvironmental interactions;
emphasising the inter-relations of small- and large-scale
processes, and short- and large-evolution timescales. The focus is,
principally, on the application of shallow-water theory, but some
surface wave models, and coupling of shallow-water models with
surface waves is also discussed to some extent. The guidance on
running regional models and the case studies presented are directed
to managed realignment, coastal protection, climate change impacts,
and offshore renewables. Key features: Gives a balanced review of
this rich interdisciplinary area Bridges practical engineering and
research Offers both large- and small-scale application Suits
graduate students and researchers as well as consulting engineers
Vanesa Magar is a senior researcher and associate professor at the
Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de
Ensenada (CICESE) in Baja California, Mexico. She was formerly a
researcher and then a lecturer at Plymouth University, UK.
The world's population is currently undergoing a significant
transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of
people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has
multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions
that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This
fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment
of urban society's technologies and infrastructures, culture and
lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks.
Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban
sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in
urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are
addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable
decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book
provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in
different types of cities across the world and explores possible
strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the
co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in
socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of
mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide,
medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and
nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the
book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and
transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance
approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability
Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in
Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and
Planning.
Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected
to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental
transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life,
such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low
carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way
societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this
transition because they concentrate social and economic activities
that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time,
cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for
climate change mitigation. Whether, how and why low carbon
transitions in urban systems take place in response to climate
change will therefore be decisive for the success of global
mitigation efforts. As a result, climate change increasingly
features as a critical issue in the management of urban
infrastructure and in urbanisation policies. Cities and Low Carbon
Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of
cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the
fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined
to examine how, why and with what implications cities bring about
low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts
underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses
its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and
technological responses to climate change that are emerging in
cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world
cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America,
Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that
expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive
socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban
contexts. This collection adds to existing literature on cities and
energy transitions and introduces critical questions about power
and social interests, lock-in and development trajectories, social
equity and economic development, and socio-technical change in
cities. The book addresses academics, policy makers, practitioners
and researchers interested in the development of systemic responses
in cities to curb climate change.
Food Studies in Latin American Literature presents a timely
collection of essays analyzing a wide array of Latin American
narratives through the lens of food studies.Topics explored include
potato and maize in colonial and contemporary global narratives,
the role of cooking in Sor Juana's poetics, the centrality of
desire in twentieth-century cooking writing by women, the
relationship between food, recipes, and national identity, the role
of food in travel narratives, and the impact of advertisements in
domestic roles. The contributors included here - experts in Latin
American History, Literature, and Cultural Studies -- bring a
novel, interdisciplinary approach to these explorations, presenting
new perspectives on Latin American literature and culture.
Synthesis and design of new nanocatalysts is an important area of
research that aims to introduce multiple types of useful
applications in a greener market. The necessity of nanostructuring
the active sites has emerged as the key point in a successful
design of the catalysts. The book covers the progress in this
research area done in the last ten years. It includes the
classification of catalysts and structure of active sites at the
nanoscale. The book covers examples to present the concept,
evolution of nanocatalysts from the perspective of chemistry of
materials and their applications.
The world's population is currently undergoing a significant
transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of
people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has
multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions
that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This
fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment
of urban society's technologies and infrastructures, culture and
lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks.
Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban
sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in
urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are
addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable
decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book
provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in
different types of cities across the world and explores possible
strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the
co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in
socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of
mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide,
medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and
nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the
book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and
transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance
approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability
Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in
Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and
Planning.
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