Description: Further DetailsTitle: Global Sustainable CitiesCondition: NewSubtitle: City Governments and Our Environmental FutureISBN-10: 1479805742EAN: 9781479805747ISBN: 9781479805747Publisher: New York University PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 01/24/2023Description: Perspectives from worldwide experts on how major cities across the globe are responding to the major environmental threats of our time, including global climate change Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and this share is expected to increase in the coming decades. With growing urbanization, cities and their residents face substantial environmental challenges such as higher temperatures, droughts, wildfires, and increased flooding. In response to these pressing challenges, some cities have begun to develop local environmental regulations that supplement national and environmental laws. In so doing, cities have stepped into a role that has been historically dominated by higher levels of government.Global Sustainable Cities takes stock of the policies that have been implemented by cities around the world in recent years in several key areas: water, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate adaptation. It examines the advantages—and potential drawbacks—of allowing cities to assume a significant role in environmental regulation, given the legal and political constraints in which cities operate.The contributors present a series of case studies of the actions that seven leading cities—Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Berlin, Delhi, London, New York, and Shanghai—are taking to improve their environments and adapt to climate change. The first volume of its kind, Global Sustainable Cities is a critical comparative assessment of the actions that major cities in the global North and South are taking to advance sustainability.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmContributor: Katrina Miriam Wyman (Edited by), Danielle Spiegel-Feld (Edited by), John J. Coughlin (Edited by)Genre: Law & PoliticsTopic: Business & Finance, Science Nature & MathAuthor: Katrina Miriam WymanRelease Year: 2023 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Global Sustainable Cities
Title: Global Sustainable Cities
Subtitle: City Governments and Our Environmental Future
ISBN-10: 1479805742
EAN: 9781479805747
ISBN: 9781479805747
Release Date: 01/24/2023
Release Year: 2023
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: John J. Coughlin (Edited by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Global Sustainable Cities : City Governments and Our Environmental Future
Publisher: New York University Press
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2023
Subject: Economic History, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Global Warming & Climate Change, Development / Sustainable Development
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Science, Business & Economics
Author: Katrina Miriam Wyman
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
