Climate Change and the Future of Cities: Mitigation, Adaptation, and Social Change on an Urban Planet (Public Culture 79, May 2016, 28-2) - Tapa blanda

 
9780822368427: Climate Change and the Future of Cities: Mitigation, Adaptation, and Social Change on an Urban Planet (Public Culture 79, May 2016, 28-2)
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ISBN 10: 0822368420 ISBN 13: 9780822368427
Editorial: Duke University Press, 2016

Sinopsis

We live in the age of extremes, a period punctuated by significant disasters that have changed the way we understand risk, vulnerability, and the future of communities. Violent ecological events such as Superstorm Sandy attest to the urgent need to analyze what cities around the world are doing to reduce carbon emissions, develop new energy systems, and build structures to enhance preparedness for catastrophe. The essays in this issue illustrate that the best techniques for safeguarding cities and critical infrastructure systems from threats related to climate change have multiple benefits, strengthening networks that promote health and prosperity during ordinary times as well as mitigating damage during disasters. The contributors provide a truly global perspective on topics such as the toxic effects of fracking, water rights in the Los Angeles region, wind energy in southern Mexico, and water scarcity from Brazil to the Arabian Peninsula.

Contributors: Nina Berman, Dominic Boyer, Daniel Aldana Cohen, GÖkÇe GÜnel, Cymene Howe, Colin Jerolmack, Eric Klinenberg, Liz Koslov, Andrew Lakoff, Valeria Procupez, Jerome Whitington, Austin Zeiderman

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Acerca del autor

Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the author of several books including Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone, and is a former editor of Public Culture.


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Editorial
Duke University Press
Año de publicación
2016
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0822368420
ISBN 13 
9780822368427
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Número de páginas
220
Editor
Klinenberg Eric
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