Climate Change and Cities: Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network
Cambridge University Press, 3/29/2018
EAN 9781316603338, ISBN10: 1316603334
Paperback, 350 pages, 27.5 x 22 x 3.5 cm
Language: English
The Urban Climate Change Research Network's Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a series of global, science-based reports to examine climate risk, adaptation, and mitigation efforts in cities. The book explicitly seeks to explore the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral concerns. The primary purpose of ARC3.2 is to inform the development and implementation of effective urban climate change policies, leveraging ongoing and planned investments for populations in cities of developing, emerging, and developed countries. This volume, like its predecessor, will be invaluable for a range of audiences involved with climate change and cities: mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban planners; policymakers charged with developing climate change mitigation and adaptation programs; and a broad spectrum of researchers and advanced students in the environmental sciences.
Forewords Anne Hidalgo, Eduardo Paes, James Nxumalo and Joan Clos
Preface
Summary for city leaders
Introduction
1. Pathways to urban transformation
2. Urban climate science
3. Disasters and risk in cities
Part I. Cross-Cutting Themes
4. Integrating mitigation and adaptation
opportunities and challenges
5. Urban planning and design
6. Equity, environmental justice, and urban climate change
7. Economics, finance, and the private sector
Part II. Urban Ecosystems and Human Services
8. Urban ecosystems and biodiversity
9. Coastal zones in urban areas
10. Urban health
11. Housing and informal settlements
Part III. Urban Infrastructure Systems
12. Energy transformation in cities
13. Urban transportation
14. Urban water systems
15. Urban solid waste management
Part IV. Governance and Urban Futures
16. Governance and policy.