Extent: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (306 p.) xiv) ill., maps 23 cm |
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Conferences: | Urban Research Symposium ; 5th (Marseille, France) : 2009 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium Includes bibliographical references and index 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. |
ISBN: | 0-8213-8493-7 ; 0-8213-8667-0 ; 978-0-8213-8493-0 ; 978-0-8213-8667-5 |
Other identifiers: | hdl:10986/2312 [Handle] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550439