Repowering Cities : Governing Climate Change Mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto /

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"Provides a framework and analysis of urban climate change governance and identifies strategies for moving from incremental to transformative change in cities"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Sara, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
SCIENCE > Global Warming & Climate Change.
Climat > Changements > Attenuation > Politique gouvernementale > Ontario > Toronto > Études de cas.
Climat > Changements > Attenuation > Politique gouvernementale > Californie > Los Angeles > Études de cas.
Climat > Changements > Attenuation > Politique gouvernementale > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Climate change mitigation > Government policy > Ontario > Toronto > Case studies.
Climate change mitigation > Government policy > California > Los Angeles > Case studies.
Climate change mitigation > Government policy > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Ontario > Toronto.
New York (State) > New York.
California > Los Angeles.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the shifting ambitions and positions of city governments
  • Progress or pipe dream? : cities and climate change mitigation
  • Evaluating urban governance : a three-part framework
  • Made to measure : tracing unique climate policy agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto
  • The means behind the methods : governing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  • Are we there yet? : identifying and evaluating urban progress on climate change mitigation
  • Conclusion : prospects and consequences of repowering cities.

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