Cities Demanding the Earth: A New Understanding of the Climate Emergency

by Geoff O'Brien, Phil O'Keefe, Peter J. Taylor

Climate change is widely seen as an existential threat to human society. In this book, Peter J. Taylor, Geoff O'Brien, and Phil O'Keefe argue that current models of global governance, oriented around economic development and urban growth, are failing to respond the unprecedented challenges it presents. Cities Demanding the Earth makes the case that we must move focus away from policy dominated by supply issues and climate adaption, calling...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152921047X
• ISBN13: 9781529210477
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"