Mitigating Climate Change : The Emerging Face of Modern Cities - Khare, Anshuman; Beckman, Terry; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
SECTION 1: URBAN POLICIES AND PRACTICES -- Is Smart Growth Really So Smart? -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool in reducing a community's ecological footprint -- Resource-Centered Cities and the Opportunity of Shrinkage -- Understanding Local Government Resilience: A case study on how the local government of Marikina City reacted to the flood in September 2009 -- SECTION 2: URBAN TRANSPORTATION -- Urban Public Transportation System in the Context of Climate Change Mitigation: Emerging Issues and Research Needs in India -- Emissions Models as a Design Tool for Urban Transportation Planners -- Mobility With the Focus on Mitigating Climate Change In Urban Centers: Open Innovation and Pricing as Key Elements for Customer-Focused Strategies and Measures -- An Approach to tackle Urban Congestion and Vehicle Emission by manipulating Transport Operations and Vehicle Mix -- SECTION 3: URBAN REMODELLING -- Climate Change and Cities - Mitigation through the Effective Management of Waste -- Multiplier Effect: High Performance Construction Assemblies and Urban Density in US Housing -- Climate change impacts on housing energy consumption and its adaptation pathways -- European citizens, carbon footprints and their determinants - lifestyles and urban form -- Assessment of Urban Heat Island and Mitigation by Urban Green Coverage -- Urban climate change mitigation in Mexico City: Innovative solutions in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants.
Keywords: Regional planning; Urban planning; Climate change; Environmental management; City planning; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Climate Change Management and Policy; Environmental Management; Urbanism