Cities and Climate Change: Climate Policy, Economic Resilience and Urban Sustainability

by David Jones, Meelan Thondoo, Zaheer Allam

This book explores climate change responsiveness policies for cities and discusses why they have been slow to gain traction despite having been on the international agenda for the last 30 years. The contributing role of cities in accentuating the effects of climate change is increasingly demonstrated in the literature, underscoring the unsustainable models on which urban life has been made to thrive. As these issues become increasingly apparent, there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030407268
• ISBN13: 9783030407261
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"