Cool cities : (Record no. 31765)

MARC details
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2016958783
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780300224207
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 363.73874 BA CO
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Barber, Benjamin R.,
Dates 1939-
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Cool cities :
Subtitle urban sovereignty and the fix for global warming
Statement of responsibility, etc. Benjamin R. Barber
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London :
Publisher Yale University Press,
Date c2017.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xv, 207 p. ;
Size 22 cm.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary A pointed argument that cities-not nation-states-can and must take the lead in fighting climate change. Climate change is the most urgent challenge we face in an interdependent world where independent nations have grown increasingly unable to cooperate effectively, even on the urgent issue of sustainability. Can cities do better? Benjamin R. Barber argues that with more than half the world's population, 80 percent of both its GDP and its greenhouse gas emissions, and a common will to cooperate, they can. In this compelling sequel to If Mayors Ruled the World, Barber assesses both broad principles and specific strategies like fracking bans, walkable cities, above-ground mining of precious resources, energy and heating drawn from garbage incineration, downtown wind turbines, and skyscrapers built from wood. He shows how cities working together on climate change can find common measures by which to evaluate the radically different policies they pursue. This is a book for a world in which combating climate change is about nothing less than cities' survival.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Global warming
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading City planning
Geographic Environmental aspects
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Cities and towns
Geographic Growth
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Holdings
Date last seen Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Permanent location Current location Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition
13/09/2017 363.73874 BA CO T0056931 19/07/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 14/08/2017 AMAUS