商品簡介
With 14 papers in total, the first six papers in this collection identify the factors driving sustainable urban development in U.S. and European cities, and the second set of papers describes initiatives being taken by cities in the southern hemisphere to mitigate damage caused by climate change. The contributors assess the clash between the environmental justice movement and emissions trading, explain the Indian media's role in the climate change discourse, and consider the gender dimensions of climatic impacts on Ugandan urban areas. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
