Research Catalog

Title

Climate change and urban settlements : a spatial perspective of carbon footprint and beyond / Mahendra Sethi.

Author

Sethi, Mahendra,

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

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Details

Description

xxvi, 230 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Climate change and urbanization are two of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century, and their effects are converging in dangerous ways. Cities contribute significantly to global warming, and as the world further takes a rural-urban population tilt, the next few decades pose a great challenge in addressing global disparities in the access and allocation of carbon. This book explores the ways in which cities, through their spatial development, contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and looks at the ways in which rapidly urbanizing cities in low- and middle-income countries can be planned to reduce overall GHG emissions. The book considers key questions such as what should be the appropriate economies of scale for cities in a country? What is the most favourable rate of urbanization? What should be the most suitable spatial pattern for a city? And what are appropriate regulatory, economic or governance mechanisms to achieve a low-carbon society? These issues are explored through data analysis of over 156 developing countries and through a specific case study of India. India acts as an interesting example of how societies undergoing rural to urban transformations could become green within the planetary boundaries while systematically addressing national and local urban governance. The research concludes with a future pathway that is committed to low-carbon and high equity spatial development, and will find pertinence to researchers and practitioners alike.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk and climate change

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in hazards, disaster risk, and climate change.

Subject

• 21.60 architecture: general
• Carbon dioxide mitigation
• City planning > Climatic factors
• Klimaänderung
• Klimaschutz
• Kohlendioxidemission
• Stadtentwicklung
• Stadtplanung
• Sustainable urban development

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Climate change and urban areas -- Interrelation between development, urbanization and carbon footprint -- Role of cities in contributing to national urban GHGs: methods, tools and evidence from India -- Urban spatial parameters -- Spatial metrics and modelling -- Research and policy implications.

ISBN

• 9781138226005
• 1138226009
• 9781315398501 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2016048021

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library