Climate Change and Cities by Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. S... - 9781107004207

Climate Change and CitiesFirst Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network\nAuthor(s): Cynthia Rosenzweig, William D. Solecki, Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107004207, 978-1107004207\nSynopsis\nUrban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research effort to establish the current understanding of climate change adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal a coalition of international researchers - the Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN) - was formed at the time of the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the First UCCRN Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying socio-economic conditions, from both th.