Climate Change and Cities First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of inter...

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Main Authors Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Solecki, William D, Hammer, Stephen A, Mehrotra, Shagun
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 28.04.2011
Edition1
Subjects
Cities and towns
City planning
Climate change
Climatic changes
Environmental aspects
Growth
Risk management
Socioeconomic development
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Urban areas
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban policy
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Summary:Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of international researchers - the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) - was formed at the time of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying socio-economic conditions, from both the developing and developed world. It is invaluable for mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban sustainability officers and urban planners; and researchers, professors and advanced students.
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ISBN:9781107004207
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DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511783142