03805nam 22007332 450 991045204120332120151005020622.01-139-36618-11-107-23051-91-280-64763-997866136336821-139-37874-01-139-06135-61-139-37588-11-139-37731-01-139-37189-41-139-38017-6(CKB)2550000000103441(EBL)880750(OCoLC)794327750(SSID)ssj0000654906(PQKBManifestationID)11405745(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000654906(PQKBWorkID)10673719(PQKB)11391629(UkCbUP)CR9781139061353(MiAaPQ)EBC880750(Au-PeEL)EBL880750(CaPaEBR)ebr10565080(CaONFJC)MIL363368(EXLCZ)99255000000010344120110414d2012|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe city and the coming climate climate change in the places we live /Brian Stone, Jr[electronic resource]Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2012.1 online resource (x, 187 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).1-107-60258-0 1-107-01671-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 change3. 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; IndexThis 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.The City & the Coming ClimateClimatic changesEconomic aspectsClimate change mitigationUrbanizationCities and townsClimatic changesEconomic aspects.Climate change mitigation.Urbanization.Cities and towns.363.738/74Stone BrianJr,456994UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910452041203321The city and the coming climate1905620UNINA