The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / / Brian Stone, Jr [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Stone Brian, Jr |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Climate change mitigation Urbanization Cities and towns |
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 |
Classificazione | SCI042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | The City & the Coming Climate |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779150003321 |
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The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / / Brian Stone, Jr [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Stone Brian, Jr |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 363.738/74 |
Soggetto topico |
Climatic changes - Economic aspects
Climate change mitigation Urbanization Cities and towns |
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 |
Classificazione | SCI042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Altri titoli varianti | The City & the Coming Climate |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815568803321 |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012 | ||
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City futures [[electronic resource] ] : confronting the crisis of urban development / / Edgar Pieterse |
Autore | Pieterse E. A (Edgar A.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Collana | Global Issues Series |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Cities and towns - Growth |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-96456-5
9786611964566 1-84813-354-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : deciphering city futures -- Urbanization trends and implications -- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all -- Mainstream agenda II : good governance -- Reconceptualising the political in cities -- Informal everyday urbanism -- Counterpoint : alternative urban development -- Making a start towards alternative city futures. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453772903321 |
Pieterse E. A (Edgar A.)
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London ; ; New York, : Zed Books | ||
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City futures [[electronic resource] ] : confronting the crisis of urban development / / Edgar Pieterse |
Autore | Pieterse E. A. (Edgar A.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 206 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Cities and towns - Growth Urban & municipal planning Sociology |
ISBN |
9781350219199 (e-book)
9781842775400 (hbk.) 9781842775417 (pbk.) 1-350-21919-3 1-281-96456-5 9786611964566 1-84813-354-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : deciphering city futures -- Urbanization trends and implications -- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all -- Mainstream agenda II : good governance -- Reconceptualising the political in cities -- Informal everyday urbanism -- Counterpoint : alternative urban development -- Making a start towards alternative city futures. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782428103321 |
Pieterse E. A. (Edgar A.)
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London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2008 | ||
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City futures [[electronic resource] ] : confronting the crisis of urban development / / Edgar Pieterse |
Autore | Pieterse E. A. (Edgar A.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 206 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Cities and towns - Growth Urban & municipal planning Sociology |
ISBN |
9781350219199 (e-book)
9781842775400 (hbk.) 9781842775417 (pbk.) 1-350-21919-3 1-281-96456-5 9786611964566 1-84813-354-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : deciphering city futures -- Urbanization trends and implications -- Mainstream agenda I : shelter for all -- Mainstream agenda II : good governance -- Reconceptualising the political in cities -- Informal everyday urbanism -- Counterpoint : alternative urban development -- Making a start towards alternative city futures. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819063103321 |
Pieterse E. A. (Edgar A.)
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
Autore | Kaika Maria |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Nature and civilization Municipal water supply |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-429-23891-6
0-203-82692-2 1-283-88360-0 1-136-79766-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452538003321 |
Kaika Maria
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
Autore | Kaika Maria |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Nature and civilization Municipal water supply |
ISBN |
1-136-79765-3
0-429-23891-6 0-203-82692-2 1-283-88360-0 1-136-79766-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779460403321 |
Kaika Maria
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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City of flows : modernity, nature, and the city / / Maria Kaika |
Autore | Kaika Maria |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (212 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Soggetto topico |
Urbanization
Nature and civilization Municipal water supply |
ISBN |
1-136-79765-3
0-429-23891-6 0-203-82692-2 1-283-88360-0 1-136-79766-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : visions of modernisation -- The urbanisation of nature -- The phantasmagoria of the modernist dream -- Nature as the urban uncanny -- Awesome nature : modernizing as an archaeological project -- Tamed nature : late 19th and early 20th century -- Late 20th century : tamed nature as a source of crisis -- Epilogue. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812687003321 |
Kaika Maria
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 | ||
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City-regions in prospect? : exploring points between place and practice / / edited by Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields |
Autore | Jones Kevin Edson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, Québec ; ; London, [England] ; ; Chicago, [Illinois] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance |
Soggetto topico |
Regionalism
Urbanization Globalization City planning Cities and towns |
ISBN |
0-7735-9779-4
0-7735-9778-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: City-Regions in Prospect? / Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields -- 2 The City-Region: In Retrospect, in Snapshot, in Prospect / John Harrison -- 3 Re-spatializing the City as the City-Region? / Rob Shields -- 4 Leaving the City-Region Behind? The Growth and Decline of Metropolitan Rescaling in Manchester, England / James Rees and Alex Lord -- 5 On Wanting to Be a Global City: Global Rankings and Urban Governance in Calgary / Alan Smart and Alina Tanasescu -- 6 "Localism"in an Age of Austerity: Inequalities and Governance Dilemmas in the Sheffield City-Region / David Etherington -- 7 Ottawa: Would "Telling Its Story" Be the Way to Go? / Caroline Andrew -- 8 Calibrating the Regional Map to Enhance City-Region Competitiveness / Michael R. Glass -- 9 Resilience and Governance in City-Regions: Lessons from Waterloo, Ontario / David A. Wolfe -- 10 The Environmental Governance of Canadian City-Regions: Problems, Actions, and Challenges / Louis Guay and Pierre Hamel -- 11 The Tensions and Benefits of Regionalizing Palliative Care Services: Considerations for City-Regionalism / Kyle Y. Whitfield and Allison M. Williams -- 12 Conclusion: Prospects? / Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797978603321 |
Jones Kevin Edson
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Montréal, Québec ; ; London, [England] ; ; Chicago, [Illinois] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015 | ||
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City-regions in prospect? : exploring points between place and practice / / edited by Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields |
Autore | Jones Kevin Edson |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montréal, Québec ; ; London, [England] ; ; Chicago, [Illinois] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.76 |
Collana | McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance |
Soggetto topico |
Regionalism
Urbanization Globalization City planning Cities and towns |
ISBN |
0-7735-9779-4
0-7735-9778-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: City-Regions in Prospect? / Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields -- 2 The City-Region: In Retrospect, in Snapshot, in Prospect / John Harrison -- 3 Re-spatializing the City as the City-Region? / Rob Shields -- 4 Leaving the City-Region Behind? The Growth and Decline of Metropolitan Rescaling in Manchester, England / James Rees and Alex Lord -- 5 On Wanting to Be a Global City: Global Rankings and Urban Governance in Calgary / Alan Smart and Alina Tanasescu -- 6 "Localism"in an Age of Austerity: Inequalities and Governance Dilemmas in the Sheffield City-Region / David Etherington -- 7 Ottawa: Would "Telling Its Story" Be the Way to Go? / Caroline Andrew -- 8 Calibrating the Regional Map to Enhance City-Region Competitiveness / Michael R. Glass -- 9 Resilience and Governance in City-Regions: Lessons from Waterloo, Ontario / David A. Wolfe -- 10 The Environmental Governance of Canadian City-Regions: Problems, Actions, and Challenges / Louis Guay and Pierre Hamel -- 11 The Tensions and Benefits of Regionalizing Palliative Care Services: Considerations for City-Regionalism / Kyle Y. Whitfield and Allison M. Williams -- 12 Conclusion: Prospects? / Kevin Edson Jones, Alex Lord, and Rob Shields. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827955003321 |
Jones Kevin Edson
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Montréal, Québec ; ; London, [England] ; ; Chicago, [Illinois] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2015 | ||
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