Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time. As key sites in the production and management of emissions of greenhouse gases, cities will be crucial for the implementation of international agreements and national policies on climate change. This book provides a critical analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change and the prospects for urban sustainability. Cities and Climate Change is the first in-depth analysis of the role of cities in addressing climate change. The book argues that key challenges concerning the resources and powers of local government, as well as conflicts between local goals for economic development and climate change mitigation, have restricted the level of local action on climate change. These findings have significant implications for the prospects of mitigating climate change and achieving urban sustainability. This book provides a valuable interdisciplinary analysis of these issues, and will appeal to students and researchers interested in sustainability at local and global scales.
Author(s): Harriet Bulkeley, Michele Merrill Betsill
Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Geography and Environment, 4
Edition: 1st
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 336
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Governing climate change......Page 20
Global environmental governance......Page 22
The politics of climate change: global to local......Page 45
Cities and climate protection......Page 70
Local government and local governance......Page 72
Newcastle upon Tyne: planning and climate protection......Page 83
Cambridgeshire: climate protection and local transport policy......Page 101
Leicester: climate protection and the built environment......Page 118
Denver: climate protection, energy management and the transport sector......Page 135
Milwaukee: climate protection and new urbanism......Page 150
Newcastle, New South Wales: win win solutions for climate protection?......Page 164
Conclusions......Page 182
Cities protecting the climate......Page 184
Transnational networks and global environmental governance......Page 199
Appendix: Members of the CCP programme......Page 207
Notes......Page 215
Bibliography......Page 220
Index......Page 242
