00000cam a22000003a 4500 UP-1685594773861955111 Buklod 20140516101400.0 g||| | || || ta 140516s2013 xx d r |||| u| 9780415597050 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00013651322 QC 981.8 C5 B84 2013 Bulkeley, Harriet 1972- Cities and climate change Harriet Bulkeley. London Routledge 2013. vii, 266 p. ill. 24 cm. Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city. Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-254)and index. Machine generated contents note: 1. Climate change -- an urban problem? -- Introducing climate change -- What has climate change got to do with the city? -- Urban worlds and climate-change futures -- Chapter outline -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 2. Climate risk and vulnerability in the city -- Introduction -- The urban impacts of climate change -- Climate change and urban vulnerability -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 3. Accounting for urban GHG emissions -- Introduction -- Assessing the urban contribution to climate change -- Urban difference and the drivers of GHG emissions -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 4. Governing climate change in the city -- Introduction -- Charting the emergence of urban climate-change responses -- Understanding the nature of urban climate governance -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 5. Climate-change mitigation and low-carbon cities -- Introduction -- What is mitigation? -- Making mitigation policy -- Municipal climate-change mitigation in action -- The drivers and challenges of mitigation -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 6. Urban adaptation-towards climate-resilient cities? -- Introduction -- What is adaptation? -- Making adaptation policy -- Municipal climate-change adaptation in practice -- Drivers and barriers for urban climate-change adaptation -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 7. Climate-change experiments and alternatives in the city -- Introduction -- Sowing the seeds of change? -- Experiments in practice -- Alternatives: moving beyond the mainstream? -- Conclusions -- Discussion points -- Further reading and resources -- 8. Conclusions -- Changing climate, changing cities? -- Urban futures: towards climate justice? Climatic changes Environmental aspects. Climatic changes Government policy. Urban ecology (Sociology) UPBAG KTRC QC 981.8 C5 B84 2013 Book