ABSTRACT
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. The Reader’s particular focus is how the impacts of climate change can be addressed in urban and suburban environments—what actions can be taken, as well as the need for and the process of climate planning. Both reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as adapting to future climate are explored. Many of the emerging best practices in this field involve improving the green infrastructure of the city and region—providing better on-site stormwater management, more urban greening to address excess heat, zoning for regional patterns of open space and public transportation corridors, and similar actions. These actions may also improve current public health and livability in cities, bringing benefits now and into the future. This Reader is innovative in bringing climate adaptation and green infrastructure together, encouraging a more hopeful perspective on the great challenge of climate change by exploring both the problems of climate change and local solutions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section I|42 pages
Understanding the Problem—Climate Change and Urban Areas
section Section II|55 pages
Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Urban Areas
chapter 5|7 pages
Stabilization Wedges
chapter 10|6 pages
Climate Change and Health in Cities
section Section III|62 pages
Adaptation, Risk, and Resilience
chapter 11|18 pages
IPCC, 2012: Summary for Policymakers
chapter 13|13 pages
The Climate Gap
section Section IV|52 pages
Green Infrastructure, Urban Form, and Adaptation
chapter 17|11 pages
The Green Infrastructure Transect
section Section V|63 pages
Green Infrastructure for Urban Heat and Stormwater
chapter 21|17 pages
Planning for Cooler Cities
section Section VI|43 pages
Introduction to Green Infrastructure for Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Risks
chapter 27|9 pages
Interdependencies of Urban Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies
section Section VII|49 pages
Implementing the Vision