FRONT COVER -- URBAN AREAS AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON URBAN AREAS -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 1: THE GLOBAL NORTH -- CHAPTER 1 INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL CAPACITIES IN LEAD CITIES IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES: SUCCESS FACTORS FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY? -- INTRODUCTION -- SUSTAINABILITY, THE URBAN AND CLIMATE CHANGE -- SUCCESSFUL GOVERNANCE FOR URBAN SUSTAINABILITY -- COMPARING INSTITUTIONAL AND SOCIAL CAPITAL FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2 GROWTH MACHINES AND CARBON EMISSIONS: A COUNTY-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF HOW U.S. PLACE-MAKING CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- LOCAL GROWTH MACHINES AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE -- DATA -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3 TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION -- INTRODUCTION -- QUÉBEC CITY AND ITS 'ORDINARY' CLIMATE -- THE APPROACH - CROSS-TABULATING REPRESENTATIONS TO CONSTRUCT THE PROBLEM AT THE LOCAL LEVEL -- METHODOLOGY - EXPLORING THE TERRITORY AND ITS SENSITIVITIES THROUGH EXCHANGE AND DISCUSSION -- THE RESULTS - REPRESENTATIONS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN EVERYDAY LIFE -- CONCLUSION - A METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK TO ADAPT LOCALLY TO THE MOVING TARGET OF CLIMATE CHANGE -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4 CLIMATE PROTECTION AND CIVIL SOCIETY: DOES EFFECTIVE LOCAL CLIMATE POLICY NEED THE PARTICIPATION AND ENGAGEMENT OF CITIZENS? A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CITIES OF POTSDAM AND MUENSTER -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- CITY CASE STUDY NO. 1: POTSDAM -- CASE STUDY NO. 2: MUENSTER -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5 MILAN'S ANSWER TO THE CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM -- THE REFERENCE CONTEXT AND THE CITY OF MILAN -- THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS.

THE CLIMATE PLAN -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: SHEET ON CYCLING MOBILITY -- APPENDIX B: SHEET RELATING TO THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING HOMES -- CHAPTER 6 WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW? ASSESSING THE SUCCESS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT IN EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES -- THE RISE AND FALL OF COMMAND-AND-CONTROL REGULATION -- THE RISE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: FROM GRASSROOTS TO GOVERNMENT -- CBE AND EMISSIONS TRADING IN THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN -- RECLAIM REVISITED -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- SECTION 2: THE GLOBAL SOUTH -- CHAPTER 7 CLIMATE ADAPTATION IN THE FACE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS: LESSONS FROM A COASTAL SOUTH ASIAN MEGA-CITY -- BACKGROUND -- THE STATE OF ADAPTATION PLANNING -- BRIDGING THEORY AND PRACTICE -- THE CITY OF KOLKATA -- CASE SELECTION AND METHODOLOGY -- ADAPTATION IN THE FACE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8 ADAPTING TO WHAT? CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON INDIAN MEGACITIES AND THE LOCAL INDIAN CLIMATE CHANGE DISCOURSE -- INTRODUCTION: CLIMATE CHANGE AS A CHALLENGE FOR INDIA -- CLIMATE CHANGE DISCOURSE IN INDIA -- THE RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE DISCOURSE IN INDIA IN THE 2008-2009 PERIOD -- THE HYDERABAD CLIMATE CHANGE DISCOURSE IN LATE 2009 -- CONCLUSION: CLIMATE DISCOURSE SHIFTS AND URBAN ACTION -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9 ENVIRONMENTAL STATE IN TRANSFORMATION: THE EMERGENCE OF LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN CHINA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE ENVIRONMENTAL STATE IN POSTINDUSTRIAL ERA -- DATA AND METHODS -- POSTINDUSTRIALIZATION IN URBAN CHINA -- THE EMERGENCE OF LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN CHINA -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10 URBAN VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION TO THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE EXTREMES IN LATIN AMERICAN CITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- APPROACHING URBAN VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

STUDY CITIES: BOGOTA, BUENOS AIRES, MEXICO CITY, AND SANTIAGO -- METHODS AND DATA -- FINDINGS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11 CITIES IN THE FLOOD: VULNERABILITY AND DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT: EVIDENCE FROM IBADAN, NIGERIA -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK -- THE STUDY CONTEXT -- FLOODING IMPACTS IN THE CITY OF IBADAN -- VULNERABILITY FACTORS IN THE CITY OF IBADAN -- DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF IBADAN -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES AND IMPACTS ON FISHING ACTIVITIES IN THE NORTHERN COAST OF SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- STUDY PLACE: COCANHA BEACH, CARAGUATATUBA -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 13 CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NORTH COAST OF JAKARTA: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPACE IN URBAN POOR COMMUNITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE, AND FLOODS -- UNEQUAL LANDSCAPES OF JAKARTA'S NORTH COAST -- THE NORTH COAST AND JAKARTA MASTER PLAN 2010-2030 -- SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF EVERYDAY SPACES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES -- PLANNED SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 14 THE GENDER DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATIC IMPACTS IN URBAN AREAS: EVIDENCE AND LESSONS FROM KAMPALA CITY, UGANDA -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODOLOGY -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.