| Description |
xiv, 306 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Urban development series
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| Note |
Collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. Kennedy ... [et al.] -- A comparative analysis of global city policies in climate change mitigation : London, New York, Milan, Mexico City and Bangkok / E. Croci, S. Melandri and T. Molteni -- GHG emissions, urban mobility and efficiency of urban morphology / A. Bertaud, B. Lefevre and B. Yuen -- The role of institutions, governance and planning for mitigation and adaptation by cities / H. Bulkeley ... [et al.] -- Viral governance and mixed motivations : how and why U.S. cities engaged on the climate change issue, 2005-2007 / T. Warden -- Urban heat islands : sensitivity of urban temperatures to climate change and heat release in four European cities / M. McCarthy and M. Sanderson -- Adapting cities to climate change : opportunities and constraints / D. Heinrichs ... [et al.] -- A conceptual and operational framework for pro-poor asset adaptation to urban climate change / C. Moser -- Epilogue: perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium -- Appendix: abstracts of papers not included in printed version. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology) -- Congresses.
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Greenhouse gases -- Congresses.
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Climatic changes -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hoornweg, Daniel A. (Daniel Arthur), 1961-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Urban Research Symposium (5th : 2009 : Marseille, France)
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| ISBN |
9780821384930 |
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9780821386675 (electronic bk.) |
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