The City and the Coming Climate Climate Change in the Places We Live

This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy currently advocated to mitigate climate chan...

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Main Author Stone, Jr, Brian
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, [U.K.] Cambridge University Press 16.04.2012
Edition1
Subjects
Cities and towns
Climate change mitigation
Climatic changes
Climatic changes > Economic aspects
Economic aspects
Urbanization
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ISBN9781107602588
1107016711
1107602580
9781107016712
DOI10.1017/CBO9781139061353

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Summary:This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy currently advocated to mitigate climate change – the reduction of greenhouse gases – will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in urban environments. Brian Stone explains the science of climate change in terms accessible to the non-scientist and with compelling anecdotes drawn from history and current events. The book is an ideal introduction to climate change and cities for students, policy makers and anyone who wishes to gain insight into an issue critical to the future of our cities and the people who live in them.
Bibliography:The color plate section follows page 86. : hardback : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181) and index
ISBN:9781107602588
1107016711
1107602580
9781107016712
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139061353