Mitigating Climate Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Urban Policies and Practices

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Is Smart Growth Really So Smart?

      • Dana Coble

      Pages 3-23

   3. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a Tool in Reducing a Community’s Ecological Footprint

      • Rod Schatz, Doug Walker, Jaap de Kroes, Gustavo Arciniegas, Paul Getz, Anshuman Khare

      Pages 25-43

   4. Resource-Centered Cities and the Opportunity of Shrinkage

      • Katleen De Flander

      Pages 45-57

   5. Understanding Local Government Resilience: A Case Study on how the Local Government of Marikina City Reacted to the Flood in September 2009

      • Marian Cruz

      Pages 59-71

3. Urban Transportation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73

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   2. Urban Public Transportation System in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation: Emerging Issues and Research Needs in India

      • Bhargab Maitra, Shubhajit Sadhukhan

      Pages 75-91

   3. Emissions Models as a Design Tool for Urban Transportation Planners

      • Daniel Handford, M. David Checkel

      Pages 93-109

   4. Mobility and Mitigating Climate Change in Urban Centers: Open Innovation and Pricing as Key Elements for Customer-Focused Strategies and Measures

      • Jochen Wittmann

      Pages 111-131

   5. An Approach to Tackle Urban Congestion and Vehicle Emission by Manipulating Transport Operations and Vehicle Mix

      • Sudeshna Mitra, P. Krishna Pravallika

      Pages 133-147

4. Urban Remodelling

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149

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   2. Climate Change and Cities: Mitigation Through the Effective Management of Waste

      • Allan Yee, Mark Brostrom, Christian Felske

      Pages 151-182

   3. Multiplier Effect: High Performance Construction Assemblies and Urban Density in US Housing

      • Eero Puurunen, Alan Organschi

      Pages 183-206

   4. Climate Change Impacts on Housing Energy Consumption and its Adaptation Pathways

      • Zhengen Ren, Xiaoming Wang, Dong Chen

      Pages 207-221

   5. European Citizens, Carbon Footprints and Their Determinants—Lifestyles and Urban Form

      • Vera Peters, Fritz Reusswig, Corinna Altenburg

      Pages 223-245

   6. Assessment of Urban Heat Island and Mitigation by Urban Green Coverage

      • Dong Chen, Xiaoming Wang, Yong Bing Khoo, Marcus Thatcher, Brenda B. Lin, Zhengen Ren et al.

      Pages 247-257

   7. Urban Climate Change Mitigation in Mexico City: Innovative Solutions in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

      • K. Peña Muñoz

      Pages 259-275

5. Back Matter

   Pages 277-281

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With ever increasing trends in urban consumption and production practices, a call for action to mitigate Climate Change is often seen as a way to foster sustainable development. Considerable attention is now being paid to determine what urban sustainability would include. Today there is a pressing need to broaden our knowledge and apply new concepts and frameworks to development of modern cities. Building on the foregoing, this book attempts to bring together and discuss concepts, tools, frameworks and best practices to cope with the emerging challenges faced by cities today. The book will be of use to policy makers, city planners, practitioners and academics who are starting to project what modern cities would need to do in terms of energy efficiency, mobility, planning and design of habitat and infrastructure and adapting to climate change.

• Cities
• Climate Change
• Sustainability
• Urban Remodelling
• Urban Transportation
• landscape/regional and urban planning
• Climate change management
• urban geography and urbanism

• , Faculty of Business, Athabasca Univeristy, St. Albert, Canada

  Anshuman Khare

• , Faculty of Business, Athabsca University, St. Albert, Canada

  Terry Beckman

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