City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis : A Multidisciplinary Approach

Carrillo, Francisco Javier (EDT); Garner, Cathy (EDT)

ISBN 10: 180088365X / ISBN 13: 9781800883659

Editore: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021

Codice articolo 42871224-n

Riassunto:

Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights how, despite increased warnings, most cities appear to be in denial of the potential impending catastrophes and remain ill-prepared to handle major disruptions.

Chapters offer a critical appraisal of the end of an urban epoch: the Holocene city. Moving from more general aspects of urban vulnerability in the face of the Anthropocene, the book then looks at more specific issues and cases illustrating alternative adaptation pathways. It further analyses existing approaches, movements and networks for urban preparedness for the climate crisis, offering visualisations of the ways these can be improved, conceiving alternative futures and reinventing the city.

A timely resource for this emerging topic, the book will be beneficial to urban studies, environmental science and development studies scholars. Practitioners in urban planning, design, management and evaluation will also find the critical case studies in the book particularly helpful.

Informazioni sull?autore: Edited by Francisco Javier Carrillo, President, The World Capital Institute and Emeritus Professor of Knowledge Based Development, Tecnológico de Monterrey, México and Cathy Garner, Honorary Researcher, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Lancaster University, UK

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Titolo: City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis : A...
Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2021
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: New