Green CITYnomics
Subtitle: the Urban War against Climate Change
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9781351279444
Subjects: City planning; Climatic factors; Sustainable urban development; Greenhouse gas mitigation
Description: "Today, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They cover less than 3% of the earth's surface. And urbanization continues apace. With such a massive carbon footprint, it is vital that cities are part of the solution. Despite this, scarcely any consideration has been given to the potential impact of climate change on urban dwellers, especially in the developing countries and burgeoning megacities of Africa, Asia and Latin America, where a wide variety of environmental and development challenges are likely to further exacerbate their vulnerability to climatic effects. Green CITYnomics presents a rich set of contributions by a highly diverse group of 45 of the world's leading urban experts on climate change. In particular, it illustrates the desire some cities are already demonstrating in engaging in this war. Standing still is not an option. Budgets have to be fought for; minds have to be won over; old, untenable and unsustainable ideas and solutions must be challenged; green and sustainable solutions must be given the chance to develop and to prove themselves. Each of the cities and urban centres discussed - from Hong Kong to Dresden; from Mexico City to Qatar - are, in their own ways, heroes and examples to us all. This book provides a compelling manifesto for the world's cities in their "Urban War against Climate Change". It is essential reading for climate scientists, national and local policy-makers and scholars worldwide."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part, 1 Introduction --; title: chapter 1 Introduction  -- \n Dr\n Tang\n Kenny\n CFA\n; title: chapter 2 Climate change: a tipping point for a move towards sustainable development?  -- Tania Katzschner Gregg Oelofse; title: chapter 3 A blueprint for the integrated assessment of climate change in cities  -- Richard Dawson Jim Hall Stuart Barr Mike Batty Abigail Bristow Sebastian Carney Athanasios Dagoumas Stephen Evans Alistair Ford Helen Harwatt Jonathan Köhler Miles Tight Claire Walsh Alberto Zanni; title: part, 2 Policy-making and CO2 management systems --; title: chapter 4 Climate change impacts and responses in Hong Kong --; title: Vulnerable environment, infrastructure and economy  -- Alexandra Tracy Christine Loh Andrew Stevenson; title: chapter 5 Municipal Adaptation Planning (MAP) --; title: A City-based framework for climate change adaptation 1  -- Pierre Mukheibir Gina Ziervogel; title: chapter 6 Developing a carbon dioxide management system for public authorities --; title: Experiences in Dresden, Germany  -- Edeltraud Guenther Julia Friedemann; title: chapter 7 Climate change and policy-making in the Baltic Sea region  -- Walter Leal Franziska Mannke; title: part, 3 Health, air quality, transport, land use and water --; title: chapter 8 Urban local governments and human health in a climate of change  -- Scott Baum Katrin Lowe Stephen Horton; title: chapter 9 Better urban air quality and the Clean Development Mechanism 1 --; title: Bringing together local and global interests  -- Stefan Bakker Natalia Caldés Maryse Labriet Thierry Lefevre Jessie Todoc Lin Leteng; title: chapter 10 Climate change and unsustainable land uses --; title: The case of Repetitive Loss Properties  -- Charles T. Schartung David M. Simpson; title: chapter 11 The contribution of water supply systems to climate change  -- Nalanie Mithraratne; title: part, 4 Solar heating, urban heat island, buildings and urban planning education --; title: chapter 12 Environmental solar heating standard --; title: A GHG mitigation policy in Mexico City  -- Claudia Sheinbaum; title: chapter 13 A study of urban heat island intensity over Doha, Qatar  -- N.V. Sasidharan P. Govinda Rao Ali Hamed Al-Mulla; title: chapter 14 Emissions trading: a building block to the climate change solution? 1  -- Sara Hayes; title: chapter 15 Climate change, peak oil and new curricula in urban planning education -- Rafael E. Pizarro.