Cities and Climate Change Responding to an Urgent Agenda

by Hoornweg, Daniel; Freire, Mila; Lee, Marcus J.; Bhada-tata, Perinaz; Yuen, Belinda

• ISBN13: 9780821384930
• ISBN10: 0821384937
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-02
• Publisher: World Bank Publications

Summary

This volume comprises a collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium, As part of the World Bank Group's strategy to share and encourage research oriented to urban issues and bridge these academic results with the pressing needs of developing cities. The selected papers included in this book combine robust analytical pieces and theoretical insights with best practices from around the world. Specific case studies include New Orleans in the context of a fragile environment, a framework to include poverty aspects in the cities and climate change discussion, a contribution to measure the impact of cities and their GHG emissions.Cities and Climate Change is the first title in the World Bank's new Urban Development Series.The Series discusses the challenge of urbanization and what it will mean for developing countries in the decades ahead, and aims to delve more substantively into the core issues framed by the World Bank's 2009 Urban Strategy, Systems of Cities: Harnessing Urbanization for Growth and Poverty Alleviation

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. iii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction: Cities and the Urgent Challenges of Climate Change	p. 1
Greenhouse Gas Emission Baselines for Global Cities and Metropolitan Regions	p. 15
Comparing Mitigation Policies in Five Large Cities: London, New York City, Milan, Mexico City, and Bangkok	p. 55
GHG emissions, Urban Mobility, and Morphology: A Hypothesis	p. 87
The Role of Institutions, Governance, and Urban Planning for Mitigation and Adaptation	p. 125
Viral Governance and Mixed Motivations: How and Why U.S. Cities Engaged on the Climate Change Issue, 2005-2007	p. 161
Urban Heat Islands: Sensitivity of Urban Temperatures to Climate Change and Heat Release in Four European Cities	p. 175
Adapting Cities to Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints	p. 193
A Conceptual and Operational Framework for Pro-poor Asset Adaptation to Urban Climate change	p. 225
Epilogue: Perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium	p. 255
Appendix. Titles and Abstracts of Papers Not Included in Full in This Volume	p. 271
Index	p. 289
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