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Cities and Climate Change reviews the linkages between urbanization and climate change, two of the greatest challenges currently facing humanity in the 21st Century, and whose effects are converging in dangerous ways. It illustrates the significant contribution of urban areas to climate change while at the same time highlighting the potentially devastating effects of climate change on urban populations. It reviews policy responses, strategies and practices that are emerging in urban areas to mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as their potential achievements and constraints. In conclusion, the report argues that urban areas have a pivotal role in both climate change mitigation and adaptation and identifies strategies and approaches for strengthening this role.
ABRIDGED REPORT
Other titles in the Global Report on Human Settlement series: - Planning and Design for Sustainable Urban Mobility 2013
- Cities and Climate Change 2011
- Planning Sustainable cities 2009
- Enhancing Urban Safety and Security - Vol 1, Vol 2 and Vol 3
- Financing Urban Shelter 2005
- The Challenge of Slums 2003
- Cities in A Globalizing World 2001
- An Urbanizing World 1996
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