Research Catalog

Title

Hot cities : a transdisciplinary agenda / Wendy Steele, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, Research and Innovation Portfolio, RMIT University, Australia, John Handmer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Ian McShane, Centre for Urban Research, College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, Australia.

Author

Steele, Wendy

Publication

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2023]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Handmer, John W.
• McShane, Ian

Description

xvi, 180 pages, 4 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.

Summary

"Shedding light on the future of urban spaces, this path-breaking book is a significant contribution to contemporary climate change scholarship. It synthesizes interdisciplinary research with practical policy, putting an emphasis on positive environmental and socially just outcomes and urban regeneration. Hot Cities offers insights from eminent academics and practitioners, providing both a practical and theoretical outlook on strategy development in a climate crisis. Chapters call for urgent responses to the urban heat problem, providing future projections to illustrate why this is important. They highlight that despite prominent issues within cities, such as maladaptive practices or unsustainable path dependency in city policy and planning, urban spaces are likely to be the safest and most protected locations from the uncompromising outcomes of global warming. This enlightening book will be incredibly useful for scholars of human geography, urban planning, climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction, environmental humanities, urban design and urban and regional studies. Due to its broad applicability, it will also benefit design practitioners and community developers"--

Series Statement

Cities series

Uniform Title

Cities series (Edward Elgar Publishing)

Subject

• City planning
• Cities and towns
• cities
• City planning > Climatic factors
• Climatic changes > Government policy
• Metropolitan areas > Environmental aspects
• Sustainable development > Law and legislation
• Urban ecology (Sociology)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172) and index.

Call Number

JFE 23-3220

ISBN

• 9781786434586
• 178643458X
• 9781786434593 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023940170

OCLC

1372277030

Author

Steele, Wendy, author.

Title

Hot cities : a transdisciplinary agenda / Wendy Steele, Urban Futures Enabling Impact Platform, Research and Innovation Portfolio, RMIT University, Australia, John Handmer, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria, Ian McShane, Centre for Urban Research, College of Design and Social Context, RMIT University, Australia.

Publisher

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cities series

Cities series (Edward Elgar Publishing)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-172) and index.

Connect to:

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434593

Added Author

Handmer, John W., author.

McShane, Ian, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Steele, Wendy. Hot cities. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2023 9781786434593 (OCoLC)1373011085

Research Call Number

JFE 23-3220