UID:
almahu_9949190298502882
Format:
1 online resource (306 pages) xiv, :
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illustrations, maps ;
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23 cm.
ISBN:
0821384937
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0821386670 (electronic)
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9780821384930
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9780821386675 (electronic)
Series Statement:
Urban development series
Note:
Collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium.
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Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. Kennedy ... [and others] -- 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 ... [and others] -- 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 ... [and others] -- 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.
Additional Edition:
Print Version: ISBN 9780821384930
Language:
English
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-8493-0
