Cities and Low Carbon Transitions.

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Cities and Low Carbon Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined to examine how, why, and with what implications cities bring about low carbon tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bulkeley, Harriet
Other Authors: Castán Broto, Vanesa, Hodson, Mike, MARVIN, SIMON
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Subjects:
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Biology)
Climatic changes.
Carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects.
Climate Change
Education.
Engineering.
Astronomy.
Agriculture.
Écologie urbaine.
Climat > Changements.
Gaz carbonique > Aspect de l'environnement.
urban environments.
climate change.
Carbon dioxide > Environmental aspects
City planning > Environmental aspects
Climatic changes
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Part I: Conceptual frameworks for understanding urban transitions; 2 The role of cities in technological transitions: Analytical clarifications and historical examples; 3 Governing urban low carbon transitions; 4 The carbon calculus and transitions in urban politics and political theory; 5 Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were?; Part II: Urban transitions in practice; 6 Urban energy transitions in Chinese cities.

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