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

Climate Change and Cities bridges science-to-action for climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in cities around the world.

Cynthia Rosenzweig (Edited by), William D. Solecki (Edited by), Patricia Romero-Lankao (Edited by), Shagun Mehrotra (Edited by), Shobhakar Dhakal (Edited by), Somayya Ali Ibrahim (Edited by)

9781316603338, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 29 March 2018

350 pages
27.5 x 22 x 3.5 cm, 2.31 kg

'… a great example of the benefit of interdisciplinary science-policy co-operation. … ARC3.2 will help to ensure our future cities enable us to live more sustainably and to be more resilient.' Joan Clos, Executive Secretary of UN-Habitat and Former Mayor of Barcelona, from the Foreword

The Urban Climate Change Research Network's Second Assessment Report on Climate Change in Cities (ARC3.2) is the second in a series of global, science-based reports to examine climate risk, adaptation, and mitigation efforts in cities. The book explicitly seeks to explore the implications of changing climatic conditions on critical urban physical and social infrastructure sectors and intersectoral concerns. The primary purpose of ARC3.2 is to inform the development and implementation of effective urban climate change policies, leveraging ongoing and planned investments for populations in cities of developing, emerging, and developed countries. This volume, like its predecessor, will be invaluable for a range of audiences involved with climate change and cities: mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban planners; policymakers charged with developing climate change mitigation and adaptation programs; and a broad spectrum of researchers and advanced students in the environmental sciences.

Forewords Anne Hidalgo, Eduardo Paes, James Nxumalo and Joan Clos
Preface
Summary for city leaders
Introduction: 1. Pathways to urban transformation
2. Urban climate science
3. Disasters and risk in cities
Part I. Cross-Cutting Themes: 4. Integrating mitigation and adaptation: opportunities and challenges
5. Urban planning and design
6. Equity, environmental justice, and urban climate change
7. Economics, finance, and the private sector
Part II. Urban Ecosystems and Human Services: 8. Urban ecosystems and biodiversity
9. Coastal zones in urban areas
10. Urban health
11. Housing and informal settlements
Part III. Urban Infrastructure Systems: 12. Energy transformation in cities
13. Urban transportation
14. Urban water systems
15. Urban solid waste management
Part IV. Governance and Urban Futures: 16. Governance and policy.

Subject Areas: Environmental monitoring [TQD], Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP], Conservation of the environment [RNK], Environmental management [RNF], Human geography [RGC]