Stone, Jr, Brian (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Broschiertes Buch

Radical Adaptation

Beschreibung

The book is for city dwellers, urban planners, and students interested in how climate change is unfolding in cities. It is the first book to explore the range and extent of adaptive transformations required to manage growing climate-related shocks that are only beginning to play out in large cities worldwide.

Autor

Brian Stone, Jr. is a Professor in the School of City and Regional Planning at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he teaches urban environmental planning and directs the Urban Climate Lab. Stone's program of research is focused on urban scale drivers of climate change and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and US Environmental Protection Agency. Stone's work on urbanization and climate change is regularly featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and on National Public Radio. He is author of The City and the Coming Climate: Climate Change in the Places We Live (2012, Cambridge University Press), which received a Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award. Stone holds degrees in environmental management and urban planning from Duke University and the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781009211154
• ISBN-10: 1009211153
• Artikelnr.: 68656549