02937cam a2200469 a 4500 16671329 The World Bank 20260707185232.0 m d cr cn||||||||| 110301s2011 dcuab b 101 0 eng 2011007569 0821384937 0821386670 (electronic) 9780821386675 (electronic) 9780821384930 (OCoLC)ocn705568137 (The World Bank)16671329 DLC DLC YDX YDXCP CUV DLC pcc HT241 .C555 2011 307.76 22 168547 139799 Cities and climate change : [electronic resource] responding to an urgent agenda / Daniel Hoornweg ... [et al.], editors. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2011. 1 online resource (306 p.) xiv, : ill., maps ; 23 cm. Urban development series Collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. Kennedy ... [et al.] -- A comparative analysis of global city policies in climate change mitigation : London, New York, Milan, Mexico City and Bangkok / E. Croci, S. Melandri and T. Molteni -- GHG emissions, urban mobility and efficiency of urban morphology / A. Bertaud, B. Lefevre and B. Yuen -- The role of institutions, governance and planning for mitigation and adaptation by cities / H. Bulkeley ... [et al.] -- Viral governance and mixed motivations : how and why U.S. cities engaged on the climate change issue, 2005-2007 / T. Warden -- Urban heat islands : sensitivity of urban temperatures to climate change and heat release in four European cities / M. McCarthy and M. Sanderson -- Adapting cities to climate change : opportunities and constraints / D. Heinrichs ... [et al.] -- A conceptual and operational framework for pro-poor asset adaptation to urban climate change / C. Moser -- Epilogue: perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium -- Appendix: abstracts of papers not included in printed version. Description based on print version record. Climatic changes Congresses. 107115 Greenhouse gases Congresses. 205443 Urban ecology (Sociology) Congresses. 205444 Hoornweg, Daniel A. (Daniel Arthur), 1961- 205445 Urban Research Symposium (5th : 2009 : Marseille, France) 145903 Print Version: 9780821384930 Urban development series. 205446 World Bank e-Library. http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821384930 EBK 168547 139799