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Cities and climate change : responding to an urgent agenda / Daniel Hoornweg ... [et al.], editors.

Other author/creatorHoornweg, Daniel A. (Daniel Arthur), 1961-
Other author/creatorUrban Research Symposium (5th : 2009 : Marseille, France)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : World Bank,
Descriptionxiv, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Series Urban development series
Urban development series. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. Kennedy ... [et al.] -- A comparative analysis of global city policies in climate change mitigation : London, New York, Milan, Mexico City and Bangkok / E. Croci, S. Melandri and T. Molteni -- GHG emissions, urban mobility and efficiency of urban morphology / A. Bertaud, B. Lefevre and B. Yuen -- The role of institutions, governance and planning for mitigation and adaptation by cities / H. Bulkeley ... [et al.] -- Viral governance and mixed motivations : how and why U.S. cities engaged on the climate change issue, 2005-2007 / T. Warden -- Urban heat islands : sensitivity of urban temperatures to climate change and heat release in four European cities / M. McCarthy and M. Sanderson -- Adapting cities to climate change : opportunities and constraints / D. Heinrichs ... [et al.] -- A conceptual and operational framework for pro-poor asset adaptation to urban climate change / C. Moser -- Epilogue: perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium -- Appendix: abstracts of papers not included in printed version.
General noteCollection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011007569
ISBN9780821384930
ISBN0821384937
ISBN9780821386675 (electronic)
ISBN0821386670 (electronic)

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