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Cities and climate change: Urban sustainability and global environmental governance

Author
Bulkeley H., Betsill M.
Date
2005
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-072314)
Publisher | Place of publication
Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group | London, UK
ISBN
0-415-35916-3
Pages
256 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Country/Territory
United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia
Subject
Land & soil, Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Urban land Land-use planning Climate change Transport/storage
Abstract

Contents: 1 Introduction Part 1: Governing climate change 2 Global environmental governance 3 The politics of climate change: Global to local Part 2: Cities and climate protection 4 Local government and local governance 5 Newcastle: Planning and climate protection 6 Cambridgeshire: Climate protection and local transport planning 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, NSW: Win-win solutions for climate protection? Part 3: Conclusions 11 Cities protecting the climate 12 Transnational networks and global environmental governance