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Contents<br/>Acknowledgements xxi<br/>Book Introduction 1<br/>SECTION 1 Understanding the problem – Climate Change and Urban Areas 7<br/>Introduction 9<br/>1. Optimism and hope in a hotter time / David W. Orr 11<br/>2. Assessment Report 5: Summary for policymakers / IPCC 16<br/>3. A review of climate change impacts on the built environment / Robert Wilby 34<br/>4. Practical guide to collaborative project evaluation: how resilient is your project? / Rebecca Fricke and Elisabeth Hamin 42<br/>SECTION II Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Urban Areas 49<br/>Introduction 51<br/>Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield<br/>5. Stabilization wedges: solving the climate problem for the next 50 years with current technologies / S. Pacala and R. Socolow 55<br/>6. Cities and greenhouse gas emissions: moving forward / Dan Hoornweg, Lorraine Sugar, & Claudia Lorena Trejos Gomez 62<br/>7. The influence of urban form on GHG emissions in the U.S. household sector / Sungwon Lee & Bumsoo Lee 72<br/>8. An assessment of the link between greenhouse gas emissions inventories and climate action plans / Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve & Tammy L. Seale 83<br/>9. Forces driving urban greenhouse gas emissions / David Dodman 91<br/>10. Climate change and health in cities: impacts of heat and air pollution and potential co-benefits from mitigation and adaptation / Sharon L. Harlan and Darren M. Ruddel 98<br/>SECTION III Adaptation, Risk and Resilience 105<br/>Introduction 107<br/>Yaser, Abunnasr<br/>11. IPCC, 2012: Summary for Policymaker: Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation / IPCC 111<br/>12. Temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards / Susan L. Cutter and Christina Finch 129<br/>13. The climate gap : inequalities in how climate change hurts Americans & how to close the gap / Rachel Morello Frosch, Manuel Pastor, Jim Sadd, and Seth Shonkoff 138<br/>14. Social-ecological resilience to coastal disasters / W. Neil Adger, Terry P. Hughes, Carl Folke, Stephen R. Carpenter, Johan Rockström 151<br/>15. Traditional peoples and climate change / J. Salick and N. Ross 160<br/>SECTION IV Green Infrastructure, Urban Form and Adaptation 167<br/>Introduction<br/>Yaser Abunnasr<br/>16. Landscape Planning, Design and Green infrastructure David C. Rouse, and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa 173<br/>17. The green infrastructure transect: an organizational framework for mainstreaming adaptation planning policies / Yaser Abunnasr & Elisabeth M. Hamin 184<br/>18. Adapting cities for climate change: the role of the green infrastructure: built environment / Susannah Gill, J.F. Handley, Roland Ennos & Stephan Pauleit 195<br/>19. Climate change in suburbs: An exploration of key impacts and vulnerabilities / Robin Leichenko & William Solecki 206<br/>SECTION V Green Infrastructure for Urban Heat and Stormwater 219<br/>20. Avoided heat-related mortality through climate adaptation strategies in three US cities / Brian Ston Jr., J. Vargo, P. Liu, D. Habeeb, A. DeLucia, M. Trail, et al. 219<br/>21. Planning for cooler cities : a framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes / Briony Norton, Andrew Coutts, Stephen Livesley, Richard Harris, Annie Hunter & Nicholas Williams 233<br/>22. How to make a city climate-proof, addressing the urban heat island effect / Laura Kleerekoper & Salcedo Tadeo Baldiri Rahola 250<br/>23. Urban design and adapting to flood risk: the role of green infrastructure / Mick Lennon, Mark Scott, & Eoin O'Neill 263<br/>24. Green infrastructure: a landscape approach / David C. Rouse, and Ignacio Bunster-Ossa 273<br/>SECTION VI <br/>Introduction to Green Infrastructure for Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Risks 283<br/>25. Managing shoreline retreat: a US perspective / Carolyn Kousky 290<br/>26. Breaking the waves / Gabriel Popkin 299<br/>27. Interdependencies of urban climate change impacts and adaptation strategies: a case study of metropolitan Boston USA / Paul Kirshen, Ruth Matthias, & William Anderson 306<br/>28. Sustainable tourism, climate change and sea level rise adaptation policies in Barbados / Michelle Mycoo 315<br/>SECTION VII<br/>Implementing the Vision 327<br/>Introduction 329<br/>Robert L. Ryan<br/>29. Urban form and climate change: balancing adaptation and mitigation in the U.S. and Australia / Elisabeth M. Hamin & Nicole Gurran 332<br/>30. Explaining Progress in Climate Adaptation Planning Across 156 U.S. Municipalities / Linda Shi, Eric Chu & Debates Garrison 340<br/>31. Urban wildscapes and green spaces in Mombasa and their potential contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation / Justus Kithiia & Anna Lyth 352<br/>32. Making climate change visible: a critical role for landscape professionals / Stephen Sheppard 361<br/>Conclusions 372<br/>List of Articles 376<br/>Editor Biographies 378<br/>Index 380<br/> |
