Planning for climate change : strategies for mitigation and adaptation for spatial planners /
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| Imprint: | London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009. |
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| Description: | xxiii, 319 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7798333 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Part 1. The Challenge of Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation 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
- Chapter 4. Patterns of Settlement Compared
- Chapter 5. Transport Policies and Climate Change
- Chapter 6. Transitioning Away from Oil: A Transport Planning Case Study with Emphasis on US and Australian Cities
- Chapter 7. Climate Change Vulnerability: A New Threat to Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries
- Chapter 8. Climate Change Vulnerability: Planning Challenges for Small Islands
- Part 2. Strategic Planning Responses
- Introduction to Part 2
- Chapter 9. The Territorial Agenda of the European Union - Progress for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation?
- Chapter 10. California's Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles
- Chapter 11. Climate Change and Australian Urban Resilience: The Limits of Ecological Modernization as an Adaptive Strategy
- Chapter 12. Beyond a Technical Response: New Growth-management Experiments in Canada
- Chapter 13. Planning for Offshore Wind Energy in Northern Europe
- Chapter 14. Sustainable Construction and Design in UK Planning
- Chapter 15. Making Space for Water: Spatial Planning and Water Management in the Netherlands
- Chapter 16. Climate Change and Flood Risk Methodologies in the UK
- Part 3. Implementation, Governance and Engagement
- Introduction to Part 3
- Chapter 17. Use of Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Spatial Planning
- Chapter 18. Integrated Assessment to Support Regional and Local Decision Making
- Chapter 19. Planning for Green Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change
- Chapter 20. A Climate of Planning: Swedish Municipal Responses to Climate Change
- Chapter 21. Moving Cities Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Energy Future: Learning from Woking and London
- Chapter 22. Planning and Governance of Climate Change
- Chapter 23. Public Engagement in Planning for Renewable Energy
- Index
