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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Harriet Bulkeley; Michele Merrill Betsill |
| ISBN: | 041527379X 9780415273794 9780203219256 0203219252 9780415359160 0415359163 |
| OCLC Number: | 50228085 |
| Description: | xii, 237 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. Governing climate change: Global environmental governance ; The politics of climate change, global to local -- pt. 2. Cities and climate protection: Local government and local governance ; Newcastle upon Tyne, planning and climate protection ; Cambridgeshire, climate protection and local transport policy ; Leicester, climate protection and the built environment ; Denver, climate protection, energy management and the transport sector ; Milwaukee, climate protection and new urbanism ; Newcastle, New South Wales, win-win solutions for climate protection? -- pt. 3. Conclusions: Cities protecting the climate ; Transnational networks and global environmental governance -- Appendix: Members of the CCP programme. |
| Series Title: | Routledge studies in physical geography and environment, 4. |
| Responsibility: | Harriet Bulkeley and Michele M. Betsill. |
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Abstract:
The first indepth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. Provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of the issues and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales. Features on Australian case study (Newcastle, NSW).
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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 Read more...
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