Local Greens : Cities and Twenty-first Century Environmental Problems

Name: Local Greens : Cities and Twenty-first Century Environmental Problems
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Local GreensCities and Twenty-first Century Environmental Problems\nAuthor(s): Katrina M. Wyman, Danielle Spiegel-Feld\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009011976, 978-1009011976\nSynopsis\nAs the federal government failed to take ambitious action to limit climate change in the early 21st century, many cities in the US pledged to step into the void. Networks of city governments and philanthropists offered support and cities invested their own resources in sustainability offices. However, cities made limited progress in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in the first two decades of this century. Local Greens provides a clear-eyed analysis of the potential for big city governments to address society's most pressing environmental problems in the near term. Through original case studies of New York's environmental policy efforts in the early 21st century, the book examines the promise and per.