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Abstract / Summary

Climate change has demonstrated, perhaps more than any other environmental concerns, the complexities of the human-nature interrelationship and the need for embedding a far greater environmental consciousness into our social values and norms. A drastic reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions requires a transition to low carbon cities. This demands a better understanding of the interactions between social, technical, and spatial processes which constitute cities. The aim of this book is to explore these interactions and urge urban planners and other built environment professionals to revisit some of their traditional concepts, methods, and ways of thinking about what constitutes a 'good' city and according to whose priorities. The book brings together nine contributions ranging from broad overviews to sector-specific analysis, paying particular attention to the role of urban planning. Contributors cover climate change mitigation and adaptation, deal with different scales of analysis ranging from international and European to national and city perspectives, and discuss a range of policy sectors including housing, transport, energy, sea level rise as well as pathways for climate policy implementation. The diversity of the contributions is itself a reflection of the multitude of climate change concerns that preoccupy researchers, policy makers and practitioners.

Field of Interest

Global Issues

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis

Content Type

General reference book

Duration

0 sec

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Text

Original Publication Date

2014

Page Count

199

Publication Year

2014

Publisher

Routledge (Publisher)

Place Published / Released

London, England

Subject

Global Issues, Social Sciences, Environment and Social Issues, Sustainability, Climate Change - Context and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Pollution prevention, Climate change mitigation, Climate change, Ecology, 21st Century in World History (2001– )