Cities and Climate Change
Author:   Michelle Betsill (Worcester State College, USA) ,  Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   No.4
ISBN:  

9780415273794


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   12 December 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Michelle Betsill (Worcester State College, USA) ,  Harriet Bulkeley (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Volume:   No.4
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9780415273794


ISBN 10:   041527379
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   12 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction PART I Governing climate change 2 Global environmental governance 3 The politics of climate change: global to local PART II Cities and climate protection 4 Local government and local governance 5 Newcastle upon Tyne: planning and climate protection 6 Cambridgeshire: climate protection and local transport policy 7 Leicester: climate protection and the built environment 8 Denver: climate protection, energy management and the transport sector 9 Milwaukee: climate protection and new urbanism 10 Newcastle, New South Wales: win–win solutions for climate protection? PART III Conclusions 11 Cities protecting the climate 12 Transnational networks and global environmental governance

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'In all, the book's cross-disciplinary relevance, clear arguaments and well-referenced blend of theory and practice are a vital resource for students to professors from sociology to meteorology.' - The Geographic Journal


This book provides an analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability.. <br>-American Meteorological Society <br> [This book] is a useful contribution that situates climate change policies within urban planning realities.. <br>-Gerald Mills, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2004 <br>


'In all, the book's cross-disciplinary relevance, clear arguaments and well-referenced blend of theory and practice are a vital resource for students to professors from sociology to meteorology.'- The Geographic Journal


Author Information

Dr Harriet Bulkeley is a Leverhulme Research Fellow at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. Dr Michele M. Betsill is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, USA.

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