Climate change and cities : first assessment report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network /
Urban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of inter...
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2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Anna Tibaijuka
- Foreword / Rajendra Kumar Pachauri
- Foreword / Michael R. Bloomberg
- Foreword / Jeffrey D. Sachs
- pt. I Introduction : Urban climate change in context
- pt. II Defining the risk framework : Cities, disasters, and climate risk
- Urban climate : processes, trends, and projections
- pt. III Urban sectors : Climate change and urban energy systems
- Climate change, water, and wastewater in cities
- Climate change and urban transportation systems
- Climate change and human health in cities
- pt. IV Cross-cutting issues : The role of urban land in climate change
- Cities and climate change : the challenges for governance
- Conclusion : Moving forward
- Appendix A : City case studies and topics in vulnerability, adaptation, and mitigation
- Appendix B : Acronyms and abbreviations
- Appendix C : Steering group, ARC3 authors, and reviewers.
