{"product_id":"global-sustainable-cities-city-governments-and-our-environmental-future-hardback-9781479805747","title":"Global Sustainable Cities; City Governments and Our Environmental Future (Hardback) 9781479805747","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGlobal Sustainable Cities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCity Governments and Our Environmental Future\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDanielle Spiegel-Feld (Edited by), Katrina Miriam Wyman (Edited by), John J. Coughlin (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781479805747\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 11 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.684 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An impressive volume whose international focus allows for cutting-edge comparative assessment in regards to the role of cities in addressing today's environmental challenges. \u003ci\u003eGlobal Sustainable Cities\u003c\/i\u003e will contribute significantly to the literature on the role of major cities as they work to advance sustainability through innovative transportation, infrastructure, and energy initiatives.\" (Vanessa Casado Pérez, Texas A\u0026amp;M University) \"\u003ci\u003eGlobal Sustainable Cities\u003c\/i\u003e features a phenomenal lineup of contributors whose topics, narrative arc, and implications create a readable, highly compelling volume. Taken altogether, the revealing case studies highlighted in these essays convincingly make the case for the centrality of cities to environmental law.\" (Nestor Davidson, Faculty Director, Urban Law Center, Fordham University) \"An important volume that fills a gap in the literature on cities and climate change. While many have argued that cities are and should be significant actors in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and averting the worst impacts of climate disasters, this book illustrates how different kinds of cities are doing so. The book is also important for its comparative examination of cities' environmental and climate actions across geographic regions and political systems. Any future assessment of cities' roles in maintaining environmental quality and addressing climate change should begin with this impressive volume.\" (Sheila R. Foster, Georgetown University, author of Co-Cities: Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities) \"This important, timely and interesting book explores the current landscape of environmental leadership - examining both their strengths and weaknesses. It provides ample support for the important idea that it is in cities that we can act rapidly to address climate change and its consequences - because we must.\" (David Miller, former Mayor of Toronto and author of Solved: How the Great Cities of the World Are Fixing the Climate Crisis) \"This broad and highly readable comparative collection provides a valuable tool for scholars working with eager students and environmental activists who raise crucial urban ecological issues without always understanding the complex, interlocking legal and governance issues involved in the meaningful implementation of change... its systematic analysis should be an engaging foundation for understanding what has been accomplished, what can be done in the future, and how action can be effectively channeled toward these vital urban issues.\" (CHOICE)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerspectives from worldwide experts on how major cities across the globe are responding to the major environmental threats of our time, including global climate change \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, and this share is expected to increase in the coming decades. With growing urbanization, cities and their residents face substantial environmental challenges such as higher temperatures, droughts, wildfires, and increased flooding. In response to these pressing challenges, some cities have begun to develop local environmental regulations that supplement national and environmental laws. In so doing, cities have stepped into a role that has been historically dominated by higher levels of government.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlobal Sustainable Cities\u003c\/i\u003e takes stock of the policies that have been implemented by cities around the world in recent years in several key areas: water, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate adaptation. It examines the advantages—and potential drawbacks—of allowing cities to assume a significant role in environmental regulation, given the legal and political constraints in which cities operate.\u003cbr\u003e The contributors present a series of case studies of the actions that seven leading cities—Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Berlin, Delhi, London, New York, and Shanghai—are taking to improve their environments and adapt to climate change. The first volume of its kind, \u003ci\u003eGlobal Sustainable Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical comparative assessment of the actions that major cities in the global North and South are taking to advance sustainability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"NYU Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591047835928,"sku":"9781479805747","price":77.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/global-sustainable-cities-city-governments-and-our-environmental-future-hardback-9781479805747","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}