Planning for Climate Change

A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities
Herausgeber: Hamin Infield, Elisabeth M; Ryan, Robert L; Abunnasr, Yaser

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an overview of the large and interdisciplinary literature on the substance and process of urban climate change planning and design, using the most important articles from the last 15 years to engage readers in understanding problems and finding solutions to this increasingly critical issue.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 753g
• ISBN-13: 9780815391678
• ISBN-10: 0815391676
• Artikelnr.: 54247602

Autorenporträt

Elisabeth M. Hamin is a Professor of Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on climate change adaptation and land use planning. Yaser Abunnasr is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at the American University of Beirut in the Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, Beirut, Lebanon. Robert L. Ryan is Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, where he teaches courses on landscape planning and assessment, environment and behavior, and green infrastructure planning.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Book Introduction Section I: Understanding the Problem-Climate Change and Urban Areas Hamin Infield
Elisabeth M.
Section I Introduction. Orr
David
"Optimism and Hope in a Hotter Time." IPCC
"Assessment Report 5: Summary for Policymakers." Wilby
Robert L.
"A Review of Climate Change Impacts on the Built Environment." Fricke
Rebecca and Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield
"Practical guide to Collaborative Project Evaluation Section II: Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Urban Areas Hamin Infield
Elisabeth M.
Section II Introduction Pacala
Stephen
and Robert Socolow
"Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years With Current Technologies." Hoornweg
Daniel
Lorraine Sugar and Claudia Lorena Trejos Gómez
"Cities and Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Moving Forward." Lee
Sungwon and Bumsoo Lee
"The Influence of Urban Form on GHG Emissions in the U.S. Household Sector." Boswell
Michael R.
Adrienne I. Greve
and Tammy L. Seale
"An Assessment of the Link Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories and Climate Action Plans." Dodman
David
"Forces Driving Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions." Harlan
Sharon L. and Darren M. Ruddel
"Climate Change and Health in Cities: Impacts of Heat and Air Pollution and Potential Co-Benefits from Mitigation and Adaptation." Section III: Adaptation
Risk
and Resilience Abunnasr
Yaser
Section III Introduction. IPCC
2012
"Summary for Policymakers: Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation." Cutter
Susan L. and Christina Finch
"Temporal and Spatial Changes in Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards." Frosch
Rachel Morello
Manuel Pastor
Jim Sadd and Seth Shonkoff
"The Climate Gap: Inequalities in How Climate Change Hurts Americans and How to Close the Gap." Adger
W. Neil
Terry P. Hughes
Carl Folke
Stephen R. Carpenter
and Johan Rockström
"Social-Ecological Resilience to Coastal Disasters." Salick
Jan and Nanci Ross
"Traditional Peoples and Climate Change." Section IV: Green Infrastructure
Urban Form
and Adaptation Abunnasr
Yaser
Section IV Introduction. Rouse
David and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa
"Landscape Planning
Design
and Green Infrastructure." Abunnasr
Yaser and Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield
"The Green Infrastructure Transect: An Organizational Framework for Mainstreaming Adaptation Planning Policies." Gill
Susannah E.
John F. Handley
Adrian R. Ennos and Stephan Pauleit
"Adapting Cities for Climate Change: The Role of the Green Infrastructure." Leichenko
Robin M. and William D. Solecki
"Climate Change in Suburbs: An Exploration of Key Impacts and Vulnerabilities." Section V: Green Infrastructure for Urban Heat and Stormwater Ryan
Robert L.
Section V Introduction. Stone
Brian Jr.
Jason Vargo
Peng Liu
Dana Habeeb
Anthony DeLucia
Marcus Trail
Yongtao Hu
and Armistead Russell. "Avoided Heat-Related Mortality through Climate Adaptation Strategies in Three US Cities." Norton
Briony A.
Andrew M. Coutts
Stephen J. Livesley
Richard J. Harris
Annie M. Hunter and Nicholas S.G. Williams
"Planning for Cooler Cities: A Framework to Prioritise Green Infrastructure to Mitigate High Temperatures in Urban Landscapes." Kleerekoper
Laura
Marjolein van Esch and Tadeo Baldiri Salcedo
"How to make a City Climate-Proof: Addressing the Urban Heat Island Effect." Lennon
Mick
Mark Scott and Eoin O'Neill
"Urban Design and Adapting to Flood Risk: The Role of Green Infrastructure." Rouse
David C. and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa
"Green Infrastructure: A Landscape Approach." Section VI: Introduction to Green Infrastructure for Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Risks Hamin Infield
Elisabeth M.
Section VI Introduction. Kousky
Carolyn
"Managing Shoreline Retreat: A US Perspective." Popkin
Gabriel
"Breaking the Waves." Kirshen
Paul
Matthias Ruth
and William Anderson
"Interdependencies of Urban Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: A Case Study of Metropolitan Boston
USA." Mycoo
Michelle
"Sustainable Tourism
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Adaptation Policies in Barbados." Section VII: Implementing the Vision Ryan
Robert L.
Section VII Introduction. Hamin Infield
Elisabeth M. and Nicole Gurran
"Urban Form and Climate Change: Balancing Adaptation and Mitigation in the U.S. and Australia." Shi
Linda
Eric Chu and Jessica Debats Garrison
"Explaining Progress in Climate Adaptation Planning Across 156 U.S. Municipalities." Lyth
Anna and Justus Kithiia
"Urban Wildscapes and Green Spaces in Mombasa and Their Potential Contribution to Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation." Sheppard
Stephen R.L.
"Making Climate Change Visible: A Critical Role for Landscape Professionals." List of Articles Author Biographies Index