Resilient Cities 2 Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change – Proceedings of the Global Forum 2011 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Otto-Zimmermann, Konrad (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Σειρά: Local Sustainability, 2
• Θέματα: Environment.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Climate change.; Sustainable development.; Human geography.; Climate Change.; Urbanism.; Sustainable Development.; Human Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

Despite the cynicism of skeptics, climate change really is happening, and its effects will be most pronounced in cities. Many are vulnerable to small rises in sea level, while urbanisation is adding demographically derived stresses to already-pressurised urban ecosystem services. The combination of...