The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / / Brian Stone, Jr [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452041203321
• Autore: Stone Brian, Jr
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-139-36618-1; 1-107-23051-9; 1-280-64763-9; 9786613633682; 1-139-37874-0; 1-139-06135-6; 1-139-37588-1; 1-139-37731-0; 1-139-37189-4; 1-139-38017-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 363.738/74
• Soggetti: Climatic changes - Economic aspects; Climate change mitigation; Urbanization; Cities and towns
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: La Canicule; 1: Keeling's Curve; 2: The Climate Barrier; 3: Islands of Heat; 4: The Green Factor; 5: Leveraging Canopy for Carbon; 1. Broaden the definition of climate change adopted by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to encompass the land-surface drivers of climate change; 2. Adopt the regional scale as the primary focus of scientific assessments of climate change; 3. Establish forest protection and reforestation commitments for participating nations4. Prioritize adaptive mitigation over nonadaptive ; mitigation; Postscript; References; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER 1; CHAPTER 2; CHAPTER 3; CHAPTER 4; CHAPTER 5; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is the first to explore the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that individuals and governments can undertake to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy currently advocated to mitigate climate change - the reduction of greenhouse gases - will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in urban environments. Brian Stone explains the science of climate change in terms accessible to the non-scientist and with compelling anecdotes drawn from history and current events. The book is an ideal introduction to climate change and cities for students, policy makers and anyone who wishes to gain insight into an issue critical to the future of our cities and the people who live in them.