Climate change and sustainable cities / edited by Hugo Priemus

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Routledge , 2014. Oxon:Description: viii, 188 pISBN:

9780415826969

Subject(s):

City planning--Environmental aspects

DDC classification:

363.738746 CLI

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Governing Carbon and Climate in the Cities: An Overview of Policy and Planning Challenges and Options -- 3. National Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of European States from a Spatial Planning and Development Perspective -- 4. Climate Risk and Security: New Meanings of `the Environment` in the English Planning System -- 5. Rotterdam: A city and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta -- 6. Improving Sustainability in Urban Areas: Discussing the Potential for Transforming Conventional Car-based Travel into Electric Mobility -- 7. Towards Energy-neutral New Housing Developments. Municipal Climate Governance in The Netherlands -- 8. Improving Energy Efficiency of Social Housing Areas: A Case Study of a Retrofit Achieving an "A" Energy Performance Rating in the UK -- 9. Mediating Low-Carbon Urban Transitions? Forms of Organization, Knowledge and Action -- 10. Local Demonstrations for Global Transitions-Dynamics across Governance Levels Fostering Socio-Technical Regime Change Towards Sustainability

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB F-2	Non Fiction	363.738746 CLI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		008077

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1. Introduction --
2. Governing Carbon and Climate in the Cities: An Overview of Policy and Planning Challenges and Options --
3. National Climate Change Adaptation Strategies of European States from a Spatial Planning and Development Perspective --
4. Climate Risk and Security: New Meanings of `the Environment` in the English Planning System --
5. Rotterdam: A city and a Mainport on the Edge of a Delta --
6. Improving Sustainability in Urban Areas: Discussing the Potential for Transforming Conventional Car-based Travel into Electric Mobility --
7. Towards Energy-neutral New Housing Developments. Municipal Climate Governance in The Netherlands --
8. Improving Energy Efficiency of Social Housing Areas: A Case Study of a Retrofit Achieving an "A" Energy Performance Rating in the UK --
9. Mediating Low-Carbon Urban Transitions? Forms of Organization, Knowledge and Action --
10. Local Demonstrations for Global Transitions-Dynamics across Governance Levels Fostering Socio-Technical Regime Change Towards Sustainability

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