Overview
- Explores why climate change responsiveness policies for cities have been slow to gain traction
- Introduces the various dimensions from a cross-disciplinary perspective, and from regional, local and urban standpoints
- Proposes an alternative short-term economic model
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies (PSCRS)
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About this book
This book will be of particular value to scholars and students alike in the field of urbanism, sustainability and resilience, as well as practitioners looking at avenues for economically incentivizing sustainable development in various geographical context.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
David Jones is a Foundation Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning at Deakin University, Australia. He has worked in partnerships with several Indigenous communities in Australia as well as on designs for the Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga Regeneration Project (2017). Amongst others he is a co-author of Aboriginal Reconnections (2013), Geelong’s Changing Landscape (2019), Re-casting Terra Nullius Blindness (2017), Creating Healthy Places (2017) and Indigenous Knowledge in the Built Environment (2018).
Meelan Thondoo is a Ph.D. candidate in Medicine and Anthropology at theEMJD European Commission Transglobal Health Program and holds an M.Sc. in Medical Anthropology and an MPH in Health Economics. She has worked on numerous projects led by the World Health Organization, DFID UK, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She has received academic and pro-bono awards from the University of Salamanca, the World Bank Institute, and the UN Global Humanitarian Forum, and is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cities and Climate Change
Book Subtitle: Climate Policy, Economic Resilience and Urban Sustainability
Authors: Zaheer Allam, David Jones, Meelan Thondoo
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Climate Resilient Societies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40727-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40726-1Published: 01 May 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-40727-8Published: 30 April 2020
Series ISSN: 2523-8124
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8132
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 123
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environment Studies, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban Studies/Sociology, Environmental Policy, Environmental Politics