250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability.... Read more
1 Introduction PART I Governing climate change 2 Global environmental governance 3 The politics of climate change: global to local PART II Cities and climate protection 4 Local government and local governance 5 Newcastle upon Tyne: planning and climate protection 6 Cambridgeshire: climate protection and local transport policy 7 Leicester: climate protection and the built environment 8 Denver: climate protection, energy management and the transport sector 9 Milwaukee: climate protection and new urbanism 10 Newcastle, New South Wales: win–win solutions for climate protection? PART III Conclusions 11 Cities protecting the climate 12 Transnational networks and global environmental governance
Biography
Dr Harriet Bulkeley is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Dr Michele M. Betsill is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA.
'In all, the book's cross-disciplinary relevance, clear arguaments and well-referenced blend of theory and practice are a vital resource for students to professors from sociology to meteorology.' - The Geographic Journal
