strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners /
edited by Simin Davoudi, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood.
Sterling, VA :
Earthscan,
2009.
1 online resource (xxiii, 319 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes; List of Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part 1 The Challenge of Climate Change: Mitigation, Adaptation and Vulnerability; Introduction to Part 1; Chapter 1 Climate Change and Spatial Planning Responses; Chapter 2 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developed Nations: A Critical Perspective on the Adaptation Turn in Urban Climate Planning; Chapter 3 Urban Form and Climate Change: Towards Appropriate Development Patterns to Mitigate and Adapt to Global Warming.
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Climate change is changing the context of spatial planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened its environmental dimension and has become a new rationale for coordinating actions and integrating different policy priorities. This book sets out the economic, social and environmental challenges that climate change raises for urban and regional planners and explores current and potential responses. These are set within the context of recent research and scholarly works on the role of spatial planning in combating climate change. Addressing both mitigation measures for reducing greenhou.
MIL
240233
Planning for climate change.
9781844076628
Climatic changes.
Regional planning.
Spatial behavior.
Climatic changes.
Klimatförändringar.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Regional Planning.