Screen LibraryGovernance for urban sustainability and resilience : responding to climate change and the relevance of the built environment /
"'The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (2014) has highlighted the importance of urban areas in mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. Urban centres are also subject to the impacts of climate change. Hence governance for urban sustainability and resilience needs to be developed to dea...
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| Published: |
Edward Elgar,
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| Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"'The IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (2014) has highlighted the importance of urban areas in mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. Urban centres are also subject to the impacts of climate change. Hence governance for urban sustainability and resilience needs to be developed to deal with the challenge of climate change in the future and its impacts on urban locations. This book is a rich repository of knowledge and information on this subject of growing relevance.'--Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor, Yale Climate and Energy I |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 229 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781782548126 1782548122 |
| Index Number: | HT241 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Call Number: | C912.81/H465 |
| Contents: | 1. Where we are today -- 2. Direct regulatory interventions -- 3. Collaborative governance -- 4. Voluntary programmes and market-driven governance -- 5. Trends in and design principles for governance for urban sustainability and resilience -- 6. Conclusion: in search for an answer to the key question. |