LEADER 04217nam 22005175 450 001 9910815358903321 005 20230809223500.0 010 $a9780300228113$b(electronic bk.) 010 $a0-300-22811-2 010 $z0-300-22420-6 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300228113 035 $a(CKB)3710000001133639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4832376 035 $a(DE-B1597)540223 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300228113 035 $a(OCoLC)980348032 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001133639 100 $a20200229h20172017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCool Cities $eUrban Sovereignty and the Fix for Global Warming /$fBenjamin R. Barber 210 1$aNew Haven, CT : $cYale University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction: Politics Not Science -- $tPART ONE. MAKING POLITICS WORK FOR SCIENCE -- $t1. The Social Contract and the Rights of Cities -- $t2. The Devolution Revolution and the Politics of COP 21 -- $t3. Climate Change in the Anthropocene -- $t4. The Facts Are Mute, Money Talks -- $t5. Privatization and Market Fundamentalism -- $t6. Political Institutions Old and New: Cities Not Nation- States -- $t7. The Road to Global Governance -- $t8. Climate Justice: Making Sustainability and Resilience Complementary -- $t9. The End of Sovereignty Redux: A Global Parliament of Mayors -- $tPART TWO. MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK FOR POLITICS -- $t10. Common Principles and Urban Action -- $t11. The Politics of Commensurability and the Challenge of Trust -- $t12. City Sovereignty and the Need for Urban Networks -- $t13. A Practical Climate Action Agenda -- $t14. Exemplary Cities -- $t15. Trust Among Cities: An Index of Commensurability -- $t16. Realizing the Urban Climate Agenda -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aA pointed argument that cities-not nation-states-can and must take the lead in fighting climate change Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively on sustainability. In this book, renowned political theorist Benjamin R. Barber describes how cities, by assuming important aspects of sovereignty, can take the lead from faltering nation states in fighting climate change. Barber argues that with more than half the world's population now in urban areas, where 80 percent of both GDP and greenhouse gas emissions are generated, cities are the key to the future of democracy and sustainability. In this compelling sequel to If Mayors Ruled the World, Barber assesses both broad principles of urban rights and specific strategies of sustainability such as fracking bans, walkable cities, above?'ground mining of precious resources, energy and heating drawn from garbage incineration, downtown wind turbines, and skyscrapers built from wood. He shows how cities working together on climate change, despite their differences in wealth, development, and culture, can find common measures by which to evaluate the radically different policies they pursue. This is a book for a world in which bold cities are collaborating to combat climate change and inspire hope for democracy even as reactionary populists take over national governments in the United States and Europe. It calls for a new social contract among citizens and municipalities to secure not only their sustainability but their survival. 606 $aGlobal warming 606 $aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aCities and towns$xGrowth 615 0$aGlobal warming. 615 0$aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aCities and towns$xGrowth. 676 $a307.76 686 $aRB 10438$2rvk 700 $aBarber$b Benjamin R., $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0572784 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815358903321 996 $aCool Cities$93967334 997 $aUNINA