Cities and low carbon transitions / / edited by Harriet Bulkeley. [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Cities and low carbon transitions / / edited by Harriet Bulkeley. [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (222 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.1/216 |
| Soggetto topico: | City planning - Environmental aspects |
| Urban ecology (Biology) | |
| Climatic changes | |
| Carbon dioxide - Environmental aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BulkeleyHarriet <1972->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | pt. 1. Conceptual frameworks for understanding urban transitions -- pt. 2. Urban transitions in practice. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life, such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this transition because they concentrate social and economic activities that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time, cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for climate chan |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cities and low carbon transitions |
| ISBN: | 1-136-88327-4 |
| 1-283-04341-6 | |
| 9786613043412 | |
| 0-203-83924-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459233403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 35.