Green CITYnomics (eBook, PDF)

The Urban War against Climate Change
Redaktion: Tang, Kenny

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Today, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. This work discusses the challenges of making an integrated assessment of the impact of climate change in our urban centres. It examines the options and challenges for policy-makers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351279437
• Artikelnr.: 49263758

Autorenporträt

Tang, Kenny

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: Leadership by citiesChris Walker, The Climate GroupPrefaceKenny
Tang Section 1: Introduction1. Introduction to Green CITYnomics: the urban
war against climate change 2. Climate change: a tipping point for a move
towards sustainable development? 3. A blueprint for the integrated
assessment of climate change in cities Section 2: Policy-making and CO2
management systems4. Climate change impacts and responses: Hong Kong's
vulnerable environment, infrastructure and economy 5. Municipal Adaptation
Planning: a city-based framework for climate change adaptation6. Developing
a CO2 management system for public authorities7. Climate change and
policy-making in the Baltic Sea regionSection 3: Health, air quality,
transport, land use and water8. Urban local governments and human health in
a climate of change9. Better urban air quality and the Clean Development
Mechanism: bringing together local and global interests10. Climate change
and unsustainable land uses: the case of repetitive loss properties11. The
contribution of water supply systems to climate changeSection 4: Solar
heating, urban heat island, buildings and urban planning education12.
Environmental solar heating standard: a GHG mitigation policy in Mexico
City13. A Study of urban heat island intensity: the case of Doha14.
Emissions trading: a building block to the climate change solution?15.
Climate change, peak oil and new curricula in urban planning education