Climate Change at the City Scale : Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation... [HM]

Climate Change at the City ScaleImpacts, Mitigation and Adaptation in Cape Town\nAuthor(s): Anton Cartwright, Susan Parnell, Gregg Oelofse, Sarah Ward\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415527583, 978-0415527583\nSynopsis\nClimate change impacts are scale and context specific, and cities are likely to bear some of the greatest costs. In recent years cities have begun to craft their own climate change responses against the backdrop of the reluctance displayed by nation-states in committing to emissions reductions and managing the consequences of climate change. \n\nClimate Change at the City Scale presents a fresh contribution to climate change literature, which has largely neglected the role of cities in spite of their increasingly important role in the global economy. The book focuses on the impacts of climate change in the rapidly evolving city of Cape Town, and captures the experiences of the Cape Town Climate C.