1st Edition
Climate Change and Sustainable Cities
1. Introduction 2. Governing Carbon and Climate in the Cities: An Overview of Policy and Planning Challenges and Options 3. National Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of European States from a Spatial Planning and Development Perspective 4. Climate Risk and Security: New Meanings of `the Environment` in the English Planning System 5. Rotterdam: A city and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta 6. Improving Sustainability in Urban Areas: Discussing the Potential for Transforming Conventional Car-based Travel into Electric Mobility 7. Towards Energy-neutral New Housing Developments. Municipal Climate Governance in The Netherlands 8. Improving Energy Efficiency of Social Housing Areas: A Case Study of a Retrofit Achieving an "A" Energy Performance Rating in the UK 9. Mediating Low-Carbon Urban Transitions? Forms of Organization, Knowledge and Action 10. Local Demonstrations for Global Transitions—Dynamics across Governance Levels Fostering Socio-Technical Regime Change Towards Sustainability
Biography
Hugo Priemus is based at the Delft University of Technology, OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft, The Netherlands.
Simin Davoudi is based at Newcastle University, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape/Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
