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Cities and low carbon transitions / edited by Harriet Bulkeley. [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in human geography ; 35.
- Routledge studies in human geography ; 35
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City planning--Environmental aspects.
- City planning.
- Urban ecology (Biology).
- Climatic changes.
- Carbon dioxide--Environmental aspects.
- Carbon dioxide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2010.
- New York : Routledge, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life, such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this transition because they concentrate social and economic activities that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time, cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for climate chan
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Conceptual frameworks for understanding urban transitions
- pt. 2. Urban transitions in practice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-88326-6
- 1-136-88327-4
- 1-283-04341-6
- 9786613043412
- 0-203-83924-2
- 9780203839249
- OCLC:
- 707068656
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