Radical Adaptation
Transforming Cities for a Climate Changed World

First book to explore the adaptive transformations required to manage climate-related shocks beginning to play out in cities worldwide.

Brian Stone, Jr (Author)

9781009211178, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 January 2024

166 pages
23.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

'In mapping out what is possible (and already happening in many places), this eloquent and well-researched book is essentially a hopeful one. By taking the necessary steps to adapt to climate change, we are also (literally) planting the seeds of a more inclusive and resilient city but also one that is beautiful.' Timothy Beatley, Journal of the American Planning Association

This book considers the everyday conduits through which climate instability is revealing itself: the storm sewer drain on your street, the powerlines transporting your electricity, the mix of vegetation in your backyard or neighborhood park – these are the pathways through which climate change is most likely to impact your life. For many, these are the last places we expect it to. The first book to establish a framework for climate change adaptation, Stone's aim is to understand how climate change is altering our lives in the present period – this period of transition between the ancient, stable climate of our ancestors and the unfolding, no longer stable climate of our children – and how our cities might adapt to these changes. Stone's concern is with the risks posed by a new environmental regime for which our modes of living are ill-adapted, and with how these modes of living must be altered – radically altered – to persist in a climate changed world.

1. Heat
2. Water (Too Much)
3. Water (Too Little)
4. Retreat Postscript: Vine City References
References
Index.

Subject Areas: International environmental law [LBBP]