Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future - Rilegato

Kahn, Matthew E.

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ISBN 10: 0465019269 ISBN 13: 9780465019267

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2010

Riassunto

We have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there’s no stopping it. The question, according to Matthew Kahn, is not how we’re going to avoid a hotter future but how we’re going to adapt to it. InClimatopolis, Kahn, one of the world’s foremost experts on the economics of the environment, argues that cities and regions will adapt to rising temperatures over time, slowly transforming our everyday lives as we change our behaviors and our surroundings. Taking the reader on a tour of the world’s cities from New York to Beijing to MumbaiKahn’s clear-eyed, engaging, and optimistic message presents a positive yet realistic picture of what our urban future will look like.

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Recensione:

Ray Fisman, co-author of Economic Gangsters
"Figuring out why I disagree with Matt Kahn's arguments leaves me seeing the world in a different way. That's rare. And Kahn writes so well that it's always a fun ride regardless of where the journey ends. Climatopolis is no exception. Read it for one vision of our hot, humid, hazy future."

Richard Florida, author of Rise of the Creative Class, and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the University of Toronto
"How will we cope with a hotter, more crowded, and spikier world of bigger and bigger cities? Let Matt Kahn's thoroughly researched and well-written Climatopolis be your guide to our collective urban future." 

L'autore:

Matthew E. Kahn is a professor at the UCLA Institute of the Environment, the UCLA Department of Economics, and the UCLA Department of Public Policy. He is also research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He lives in Los Angeles.

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0465019269
• ISBN 13: 9780465019267
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288