Cities, networks, and global environmental governance : spaces of innovation, places of leadership / / Sofie Bouteligier

• Autore: Bouteligier Sofie
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (261 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Urban ecology (Sociology); Globalization - Environmental aspects; Cities and towns
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- City networks for global environmental governance -- Networks, global cities, and environmental flows -- Methodology -- City networks and innovative global environmental governance -- City networks and conventional global environmental governance -- Conclusion: a networked urban world as vehicle for environmental sustainability.
• Sommario/riassunto: As a result of global dynamics-the increasing interconnection of people and places-innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet. This book is a timely study of the importance of these social transformations in our increasingly global and increasingly urban world. Through analysis of transnational municipal networks, such as Metropolis and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Sofie Bouteligier's innovative study examines theories of the network society and global cities from a global ecology perspective.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cities, networks, and global environmental governance
• ISBN: 1-136-25817-5; 0-203-10648-2; 1-283-89401-7; 1-136-25818-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779444203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cities and Global Governance