Addressing the Climate Crisis : Local Action in Theory and Practice |
Autore | Howarth Candice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, : Springer International Publishing AG, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 p.) |
Disciplina | 363.705 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
LaneMatthew
SlevinAmanda |
Soggetto topico |
Central government policies
Sociology Meteorology & climatology Environmental management Sustainability Geography |
Soggetto non controllato |
Open Access
climate change climate emergency praxis community theory practice climate action local climate praxis community engagement sustainable business models climate crisis community climate action |
ISBN | 3-030-79739-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Addressing the Climate Crisis: Local Climate Action in Theory Practice: Editorial -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I Community and Place in Local Climate Praxis -- 1 Local Climate Praxis in Practice: Community Climate Action in Belfast -- Place-Based Climate Action in Belfast -- Complexity of Community Climate Action in Belfast -- Local Climate Praxis in Practice -- Moving from Reflection to Action -- References
2 Putting the 'Place' in Place-Based Climate Action: Insights from Climate Adaptation Initiatives Across Scotland -- Introduction -- Place in the Literature -- Case Study and Methods -- Findings from Practice -- The Concept of Place in Existing Place-Based Adaptation Projects -- Place as an Organising Principle for Building Partnerships -- Appreciating the Diverse (and Constantly Changing) Power of Place -- Conclusion: Lessons for 'Place-Based' Climate Action Projects -- References -- 3 A Commoners' Climate Movement -- Collective Action on Climate -- Commons and Commoning: What Are They? Locking Out the Commoners -- Carbon Myopia: States See Symptoms, Commoners See Causes -- Possibility Space -- How Do We 'Common' the Climate? -- Land Use -- Clean Energy Commons -- A Climate Commons Narrative -- References -- 4 The Envirolution Revolution: Raising Awareness of Climate Change Creatively Through Free and Accessible Community Engagement Festivals -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The Envirolution Model -- Findings and Discussion -- Learning and Awareness -- Behavioural Change -- Collaboration -- Community Engagement -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References Part II The Spaces of Local Climate Action -- 5 How Have Climate Emergency Declarations Helped Local Government Action to Decarbonise? -- Introduction -- The Role of Local Climate Governance in the UK -- The Growth of Local Climate Action -- An 'Enabling Environment' for Local Emissions Reduction -- Charting a Course: Motivation, Direction-Setting, and Targets -- Public Engagement: Consent and Accountability -- Moving Forward Faster -- The Limits to the Emergency Frame -- Coordinating Action -- The Available Power and Resource for Local Government -- References 6 Developing a Carbon Baseline to Support Multi-Stakeholder, Multi-Level Climate Governance at County Level -- The Importance of Local Baseline Data -- Establishing a Carbon Baseline for Surrey -- Issues Encountered in Creating a Useful County-Scale Baseline -- Addressing Baseline Limitations -- Creating Richer Insight -- Offering Perspective on the Scale of Emissions -- Identifying Gaps -- Making Hidden Impacts Visible -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Power in Practice: Reflecting on the First year of the Edinburgh Climate Commission -- Introduction -- Background & -- Methodology The Carbon City |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910503010103321 |
Howarth Candice
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Approaches, Advances and Applications in Sustainable Development of Smart Cities |
Autore | Han Hoon |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (308 p.) |
Soggetto non controllato |
digital commons
multi-agent systems knowledge-based urban development latecomer’s advantage sustainable development goals emirates heat mitigation optimal cities Brazil urban informatics low-carbon resources climate emergency smart governance climate change Shenzhen rentier state parametric optimisation disasters sensible heat flux user characteristics multi-energy networks sustainable city new public service Florianópolis sustainability innovation hub land cover ratio global warming energy autonomy visioning e-government in-situ validation smart cities sustainable smart city thermal environment improvement climate crisis urban health smart city economic resilience model predictive control mobility smart display reliability urban policy sustainable urban development commons spatial databases energy budget smart placemaking human–computer interaction living-lab Qatar Chinese cities media façade drinking water networks CO2 networks photovoltaics policy smart infrastructure economic cost spatial typification by heat flux renewable energy systems smart urban technology linear parameter varying intuitive interaction gamification urban branding knowledge and innovation economy city branding tourist island governance |
ISBN | 3-03928-013-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910404091603321 |
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Back to the stone age : race and prehistory in contemporary culture / / Ben Pitcher |
Autore | Pitcher Ben <1979-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Human beings - Origin Popular culture Race |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropocene
Belonging Brexit Cheddar Man DNA Difference Homo sapiens Neanderthals Neolithic Piltdown Racism Stonehenge affect ancestry capitalism caveman citizenship civilization climate crisis colonialism deep time environment evolution extinction feminism gender genetics hunter-gatherer imperialism indigenous landscape lifestyle mannequins megaliths nationalism nature paleo paleolithic popular culture postcolonial prehistoric primitivism representation species survival time travel tribes whiteness |
ISBN |
0-2280-1562-6
0-2280-1561-8 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Back to the Stone Age -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 | A Turn to Prehistory -- 2 | Becoming Prehistoric -- 3 | Prehistory and the Popular Culture of the Anthropocene -- 4 | Genetic Prehistory -- 5 | Prehistory, Landscape, and Belonging -- 6 | Facing Up to Prehistory -- 7 | Piltdown Man and the Endomorphic Gravel Pit -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795981703321 |
Pitcher Ben <1979->
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Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] | ||
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Back to the stone age : race and prehistory in contemporary culture / / Ben Pitcher |
Autore | Pitcher Ben <1979-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
Disciplina | 305.8 |
Soggetto topico |
Antiquities, Prehistoric
Human beings - Origin Popular culture Race |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropocene
Belonging Brexit Cheddar Man DNA Difference Homo sapiens Neanderthals Neolithic Piltdown Racism Stonehenge affect ancestry capitalism caveman citizenship civilization climate crisis colonialism deep time environment evolution extinction feminism gender genetics hunter-gatherer imperialism indigenous landscape lifestyle mannequins megaliths nationalism nature paleo paleolithic popular culture postcolonial prehistoric primitivism representation species survival time travel tribes whiteness |
ISBN |
0-2280-1562-6
0-2280-1561-8 |
Classificazione | cci1icc |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Back to the Stone Age -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 | A Turn to Prehistory -- 2 | Becoming Prehistoric -- 3 | Prehistory and the Popular Culture of the Anthropocene -- 4 | Genetic Prehistory -- 5 | Prehistory, Landscape, and Belonging -- 6 | Facing Up to Prehistory -- 7 | Piltdown Man and the Endomorphic Gravel Pit -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822696203321 |
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Faith after the Anthropocene |
Autore | Wickman Matthew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (130 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences Ecological science, the Biosphere |
Soggetto non controllato |
globalization
climate change Anthropocene planetarity jeremiad anthropocene saving grace rhetoric doomsday spiritual crisis eco-anxiety despair hope virtue climate crisis selfhood personhood Spirit Christology breathing self-loss transformed self Book of Nature Hugh of Saint Victor Bruno Latour Timothy Morton Slavoj Žižek ecology and religion eco-theology predation food ecology Eucharist Earth sacrament ritual resurrection Plumwood Abram sacred Yellowstone Bhutan Jordan River religion multispecies ecotheology novelty postcolonial ecocriticism Derek Walcott theodicy poetics wonder eschatology Noah Adam and Eve grief and mourning extinction climate humanism ecocriticism faith vulnerability environment |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910557402303321 |
Wickman Matthew
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Feature Papers of Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance |
Autore | Loukas Athanasios |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel, : MDPI Books, 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (160 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Technology: general issues
History of engineering & technology |
Soggetto non controllato |
water allocation
planning river/reservoir systems water availability modeling global change integrated assessment modelling system dynamics simulation water resources management water supply climate change earth system feedback conflicts environmental flows small-scale hydropower projects institutional change nestedness governance mode legal pluralism mulberry-dyke-fish pond ecosystem spatial evolution analysis remote sensing Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area prolonged drought scarcity indicators transboundary river basins Iberian Peninsula climate crisis water adaptation Greece Koronia lake sustainability Mygdonia Basin |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910595074503321 |
Loukas Athanasios
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Basel, : MDPI Books, 2022 | ||
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