Cities on a Finite Planet
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-18409-1 (ISBN)
The foundation for the book is detailed city case studies on Bangalore, Bangkok, Dar es Salaam, Durban, London, Manizales, Mexico City, New York and Rosario. Each of these was led by authors who contributed to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment and are thus acknowledged as among the world’s top specialists in this field.
This book highlights where there is innovation and progress in cities and how this was achieved. Also where there is little progress and no action and where there is no capacity to act. It also assesses the extent to which cities can address the Sustainable Development Goals within commitments to also dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In this, it highlights how much progress on these different agendas depends on local governments and their capacities to work with their low-income populations.
Sheridan Bartlett is a research associate at the Children’s Environments Research Group at CUNY Graduate Center in New York, USA. She works primarily on issues of urban poverty as they affect children in low income countries, bridging the gaps between the work of child-focused agencies and the broader development context. David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and a Visiting Professor at University College London, UK. He was a coordinating lead author of the chapter on urban areas in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment (Working Group II) and contributed to the IPCC’s Third and Fourth Assessments.
Preface 1. Urbanization, development and the Sustainable Development Goals 2. Understanding Risk in the Context of Urban Development: Definitions, Concepts and Pathways 3. Bangalore, India 4. Bangkok. Thailand 5. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 6. Durban, South Africa 7. London, United Kingdom 8. Manizales, Colombia 9. Mexico City, Mexico 10. New York, United States of America 11. Rosario. Argentina 12. Cross city analysis 13. Conclusions on ways forward
Erscheinungsdatum | 29.06.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | 15 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 8 Halftones, black and white; 33 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Gewicht | 544 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-138-18409-8 / 1138184098 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-18409-1 / 9781138184091 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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