Climate Change and Cities
First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

Volume on climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world for policymakers, urban planners, researchers and advanced students.

Cynthia Rosenzweig (Edited by), William D. Solecki (Edited by), Stephen A. Hammer (Edited by), Shagun Mehrotra (Edited by)

9781107004207, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 April 2011

312 pages, 34 b/w illus. 60 colour illus. 15 tables
27.6 x 22 x 1.5 cm, 0.87 kg

'… an outstanding overview … extremely timely and relevant … This reviewer recommends this report to all students, researchers, and policy makers interested in urban and environmental planning, hazard mitigation, urban infrastructures, water systems, energy, transportation, or public health.' Journal of Planning and Research

Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of international researchers - the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) - was formed at the time of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying socio-economic conditions, from both the developing and developed world. It is invaluable for mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban sustainability officers and urban planners; and researchers, professors and advanced students.

Forewords
Acknowledgements
Executive summary
1. Introduction
Part I. Defining the Risk Framework: 2. Cities, disasters and climate risk
3. Urban climate: processes, trends and projections
Part II. Urban Sectors: 4. Climate change and urban energy systems
5. Climate change, water and wastewater
6. Climate change and urban transportation systems
7. Climate change and human health in cities
Part III. Cross-Cutting Issues: 8. The role of urban land in climate change
9. Cities and climate change: the challenges for governance
Annex: list of contributors
Index.

Subject Areas: The environment [RN], Human geography [RGC], Earth sciences [RB], Politics & government [JP]