Hot cities : a transdisciplinary agenda / Wendy Steele (Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, research and innovation Portfolio, RMIT University, Australia), John Handmer (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria), and Ian McShane (Centre for Urban Research, College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, Australia).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steele, Wendy, author.

Handmer, John W., author.

McShane, Ian, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Cities series (Edward Elgar Publishing)

Cities series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Environmental aspects.

Public spaces.

City planning--Climatic factors.

City planning.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contribution to contemporary climate change scholarship. It synthesizes interdisciplinary research with practical policy, putting an emphasis on positive environmental and socially just outcomes and urban regeneration. Hot Cities offers insights from eminent academics and practitioners, providing both a practical and theoretical outlook on strategy development in a climate crisis. Chapters call for urgent responses to the urban heat problem, providing future projections to illustrate why this is important. They highlight that despite prominent issues within cities, such as maladaptive practices or unsustainable path dependency in city policy and planning, urban spaces are likely to be the safest and most protected locations from the uncompromising outcomes of global warming. This enlightening book will be incredibly useful for scholars of human geography, urban planning, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, environmental humanities, urban design and urban and regional studies. Due to its broad applicability, it will also benefit design practitioners and community developers"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. Welcome to the pyrocene

2. Fire

3. Climate image plates / Ben Sibley

4. Risk

5. Roots

6. Shelter

Image plates 2 / Pakamas Thinphanga

7. Community

8. Technology

9. Nature

Image plates 3 / Jody Graham

10. Ethics

11. Futures

12. The endless summer

Image plates 4 / Jesse Hales

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781786434593 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

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