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Mitigating Climate Change

The Emerging Face of Modern Cities

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Anshuman Khare

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

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  2. Terry Beckman

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

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  • Professional practitioner focus
  • Addressing climate change in cities
  • Emerging field of study as cities try to reduce their ecological footprint

Part of the book series: Springer Environmental Science and Engineering (SPRINGERENVIRON)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

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

    Anshuman Khare

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

    Terry Beckman

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