Call number:
PIK N 076-12-0027
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: 1 Introduction: Cities and the Urgent Challenges of Climate Change ; 2 Greenhouse Gas Emission Baselines for Global Cities and Metropolitan Regions ; 3 Comparing Mitigation Policies in Five Large Cities: London, New York City, Milan, Mexico City, and Bangkok ; 4 GHG emissions, Urban Mobility, and Morphology: A Hypothesis ; 5 The Role of Institutions, Governance, and Urban Planning for Mitigation and Adaptation ; 6 Viral Governance and Mixed Motivations: How and Why U.S. Cities Engaged on the Climate Change Issue, 2005-2007 ; 7 Urban Heat Islands: Sensitivity of Urban Temperatures to Climate Change and Heat Release in Four European Cities ; 8 Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints ; 9 A Conceptual and Operational Framework for Pro-poor Asset Adaptation to Urban Climate change ; Epilogue: Perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium ; Appendix. Titles and Abstracts of Papers Not Included in Full in This Volume
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XIV, 306 S. : graph. Darst.
ISBN:
9780821384930
Series Statement:
Urban development series
URL:
http://issuu.com/world.bank.publications/docs/9780821384930
Location:
A 18 - must be ordered
Branch Library:
PIK Library
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