Climate Action Planning A Guide to Creating Low-Carbon, Resilient Communities /

• Main Authors: Boswell, Michael R. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Greve, Adrienne I. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Seale, Tammy L. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Climate change.; City planning.; Environmental policy.; Sustainable architecture.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Climate Change.; Urbanism.; Environmental Politics.; Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings.

Climate Action Planning is designed to help professionals working at local levels to develop and implement plans to mitigate a community's greenhouse gas emissions and increase the resilience of communities against climate change impacts. This fully revised and expanded edition goes well beyond...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Climate Action Planning
• Creating a Framework for Community Action
• Community Engagement and Collaboration
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting
• Strategies for Creating Low-Carbon Communities
• Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
• Strategies for Resilient Communities
• Pathways to Successful Implementation
• Communities Leading the Way
• Time to Take Action
• Appendix A: Climate Science
• Appendix B: The Public Participation Program
• Additional Resources
• Notes
• Index.