| Description |
xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Harriet Bulkeley, Vanesa Castán Broto, Mike Hodson and Simon Marvin -- The role of cities in technological transitions : analytical clarifications and historical examples / Frank Geels -- Governing urban low carbon transitions / Harriet Bulkeley, Vanesa Castán Broto and Anne Maassen -- The carbon calculus and transitions in urban politics and political theory / Aidan While -- Can cities shape socio-technical transitions and how would we know if they were? / Mike Hodson and Simon Marvin -- Urban energy transitions in chinese cities / Shobhakar Dhakal -- The "eco-cities" Freiburg and Graz : the social dynamics of pioneering urban energy and climate governance / Philipp Späth and Harald Rohracher -- The rise of post-networked cities in Europe : recombining infrastructural, ecological and urban transformations in low-carbon transitions / Olivier Coutard and Jonathan Rutherford -- Living laboratories for sustainability : exploring the politics and epistemology of urban transition / James Evans and Andrew Karvonen -- Municipal bureaucracies and integrated urban transitions to a low carbon future / Alex Aylett -- Community-led urban transitions and resilience : performing transition towns in a city / Amanda Smith -- Building liveable cities : urban low impact developments as low carbon solutions? / Jenny Pickerill -- Conclusions / Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin, Harriet Bulkeley and Vanesa Castán Broto |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
City planning -- Environmental aspects.
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Urban ecology (Biology)
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Climatic changes.
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Carbon dioxide -- Environmental aspects.
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| Author |
Bulkeley, Harriet, 1972-
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| LC no. |
2012032000 |
| ISBN |
9780415586979 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0415586976 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780415814751 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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0415814758 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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