World Cities and Climate Change: Producing Urban Ecological Security

Hodson, Mike

ISBN 10: 0335237304 / ISBN 13: 9780335237302

Published by Open University Press, 2010

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:9780335237302.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Cities and Climate Change: Producing Urban Ecological Security
• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335237304
• ISBN 13: 9780335237302
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 400 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ecology

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Synopsis

Relationships between cities and energy, water, waste and transport networks are changing. World Cities and Climate Change argues that this is not something that is happening naturally but is the product of social, economic, political and spatial processes and that these changes have profound implications for the shape of contemporary and future cities.

Drawing on research and examples from London, New York, Tokyo, Melbourne, Shanghai, San Francisco and other world cities, Mike Hodson and Simon Marvin pose a critical question:

• Are visions of future urbanism socially and ecologically progressive or do they promote the selective and partial re-bounding of particular social groups and places predicated on new - often hidden - interdependencies?

They develop a critical synthesis of dominant, new infrastructure styles that they argue are emerging as responses to the systemic pressures of climate change and resource constraint confronting cities and networks. The book outlines the key elements of these new strategies and critically assesses their implications and relevance to other urban contexts.

World Cities and Climate Change is key reading for students, academics, researchers and policy makers with an interest in urban politics, technology and ecology.

About the Author

Mike Hodson is Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF), University of Salford, UK.

Simon Marvin is Professor and Co-Director of SURF.