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Smart Growth And Climate Change |
Edited by Matthias Ruth, Roy F. Weston Chair in Natural Economics, University of Maryland, US, Director, Center for Integrative Environmental Research, and Co-Director, Engineering and Public Policy Program. He is also Visiting Member of the Faculty, Center for Sustainability, University of Bremen, Germany
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| 2006 |
432 pp |
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978 1 84542 509 8 |
$140.00 |
on-line discount
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‘The consensus on global warming and its effects are now almost unanimous. Even those politicians with serious denial issues are converting. That said, the question becomes: How well does this book deal with urban sprawl and climate change? Professor Ruth is a master at organizing thought (and of creative thought. . . but an editor most needs the former). He has pulled together a very impressive list of experts from good institutions and organized their contributions to this subject in a meaningful, useful way. I think the coverage of the issue is both very competent and complete.’
– Bruce Hannon, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, US
This invaluable book brings together two strands of applied research that to date have only been carried out in isolation from each other – ‘smart growth’ research and research into adaptation to climate change and variability. Both entail similar concerns, draw on complementary modelling tools and are concerned with bridging the gaps that may exist between science and engineering stakeholder interests and policy implementation. By providing theory, models and case studies from North America, Oceania and Europe this books helps to create synergies between the two research strands, reconcile differences and provide insights and possible future direction for decision makers at national and local levels.
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Contents: Part I: Smart Growth, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Part II: Stakeholder Involvement: Needs, Experiences and Challenges Part III: Modeling, Indicator Development and Decision Support Part IV: Methods and Cases Index
Contributors: A. Amato, S.J. Burian, C.V. Burnier, K.J. Clifton, B. Deal, P.R. Epstein, V.E. Forgie, N.E. Golubiewski, N.A. Jollands, P. Kirshen, A.-C. Lin, J. McBeath, G.W. McDonald, A.A. Olsthoorn, M.G. Patterson, F. Rong, J. Rotmans, M. Ruth, B. Stone, Jr, Z. Sun, R.S.J. Tol, N.M. van der Grijp, P.E. van der Werff, T.J. Wilbanks, M. Womersley
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This book is part of the New Horizons in Regional Science series. To view the rest of the series, please use the link.
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