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Considers the impact of climate change on cities and explore the roles of different stakeholders
Examines the role of governance in climate change
Focuses on the significance of a people-oriented approach on climate change and cities
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book considers the impact of climate change on cities, advocating that people are the panaceas and antidote to mitigating climate change, by enhancing their involvement in achieving sustainable development Goals (SDGs). This leads to the development of an SDG best practice participation template, which is supported by an extensive checklist of the ‘whats’ and ‘hows’ in participatory processes. Using case studies, extensive literature reviews and meta-analysis to make a case for a people-centric and integrated approach to sustainable urban development, it examines the role of governance in climate change, focusing on decision making processes, policies and regulations, as well as focusing on the significance of a people-oriented approach on climate change and cities. Through an extensive global outlook, this book highlights bottom-up methods of implementing and achieving sustainable urban development in the age of climate change. These highlights should help to develop new mindsets, new strategies, new directions and new policies, through which we can see a more sustainable approach to urbanisation and urban development globally, which can start ‘equipping future generations with the tools for them to help their future generations’.
Reviews
“As an intellectual guidepost, this book should be read by responsible politicians, bureacrats, administrators and planners for the benefit of their constituents and stakeholders.” (Yoshiharu Izaki, the mayor of Nagareyama city, which is the fastest growing city in Japan amid the ongoing decline in population)
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, China
Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ayotunde Dawodu
About the authors
Ali Cheshmehzangi, urbanist/urban designer by profession, is the Head of Department of Architecture and Built Environment and Director of Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (CSET), The University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. He is also Director of Urban Innovation Lab with an on-going project on low-carbon urban development.
Ayotunde Dawodu is a Mechanical Engineering (BSc) and Sustainable Energy Engineering (MSc) graduate from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and the University of Nottingham, UK respectively. He is currently in the concluding year of his PhD research at the University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China (Department of Architecture and Built environment).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Urban Development in the Age of Climate Change
Book Subtitle: People: The Cure or Curse
Authors: Ali Cheshmehzangi, Ayotunde Dawodu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1388-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1387-5Published: 12 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4624-8Published: 23 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1388-2Published: 28 September 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 188
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Climate Change, Urban Studies/Sociology, Climate Change Management and Policy