An Urban Politics of Climate Change: Experimentation and the Governing of Socio-Technical Transitions
Author:   Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham, UK) ,  Vanesa Broto (University College London, UK) ,  Gareth Edwards (University of East Anglia, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138791107


Pages:   270
Publication Date:   20 October 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham, UK) ,  Vanesa Broto (University College London, UK) ,  Gareth Edwards (University of East Anglia, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.385kg
ISBN:  

9781138791107


ISBN 10:   1138791105
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   20 October 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Climate governance and urban experiments 2. Experiments and the governing of climate change in the city 3. Towards zero carbon housing in Bangalore, India. 4: Bioclimatic housing for low income residents in Monterrey, Mexico 5. The coolest block contest in Philadelphia, USA 6. Retrofitting social housing in Cape Town, South Africa 7. Mapping the solar city in Berlin, Germany 8. Solar hot water and social housing in Sao Paulo, Brazil 9. Climateers - pioneering a new response to climate change in Hong Kong? 10. Making low carbon zones in London, UK 11. Experimentation and the politics of justice in urban climate governance 12: An urban transition?

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Harriet Bulkeley is Professor of Geography at the University of Durham. Her research interests are in the nature and politics of environmental governance, with a particular focus on climate change, energy and urban sustainability. She is author of Climate Change and the City (Routledge, Critical Introductions to the City 2012), and (with Peter Newell) of Governing Climate Change (Routledge 2010). Vanesa Castán Broto is a Lecturer at the Development and Planning Unit of the Barlett Faculty of the Built Environment in University College London. She teaches at the post-graduate level in urban political ecology and sustainable development, urban development planning and urban resilience. Gareth Edwards is a Lecturer in Geography and Development in the School of International Development at the University of East Anglia. His research interests centre on the ethics of environmental governance, with a focus on the political ecology of climate change and water.

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