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

• Main Authors: Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Solecki, William D, Hammer, Stephen A, Mehrotra, Shagun
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 28.04.2011
• Edition: 1
• 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

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...