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Author Hughes, Sara, 1981- author.

Title Repowering cities : governing climate change mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto / Sara Hughes
Published Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : the shifting ambitions and positions of city governments -- Progress or pipe dream? : cities and climate change mitigation -- Evaluating urban governance : a three-part framework -- Made to measure : tracing unique climate policy agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto -- The means behind the methods : governing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- Are we there yet? : identifying and evaluating urban progress on climate change mitigation -- Conclusion : prospects and consequences of repowering cities
Summary "Provides a framework and analysis of urban climate change governance and identifies strategies for moving from incremental to transformative change in cities"-- Provided by publisher
Analysis governance, urban studies, environmental policy, subnational policy
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 04, 2019)
Subject Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies
SCIENCE -- Global Warming & Climate Change.
California -- Los Angeles
New York (State) -- New York
Ontario -- Toronto
Genre/Form Electronic books
Case studies
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019000200
ISBN 9781501740428
1501740423
9781501740435
1501740431