The Resource The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live, Brian Stone, Jr
The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live, Brian Stone, Jr
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- Summary
- In the first decade of this century, for the first time in history, the majority of the planet's population resided in cities. We are an urban planet. If ongoing changes in climate are to have an impact on the human species, most of these impacts will play out in cities. This fact was brought into full relief in the summer of 2003, when more than 70,000 residents of Europe perished in one of the most prolonged and intense heat waves in human history. The final death toll would exceed that associated with any Western European or American conflict since World War II, or any other natural disaster to have ever struck a region of the developed world, and the vast majority of these deaths occurred in cities. Studies in the aftermath of the heat wave would show that not only had global warming increased the likelihood of such an extreme event, but that the intensity of the heat had been greatly enhanced by the physical design of the cities themselves, exposing residents of cities to a much greater risk of illness or death than others. This book explores the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that can be taken to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy advocated by the global science community to mitigate climate change, the reduction of greenhouse gases, will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in cities. The primary driver of warming in cities is not the global greenhouse effect but the loss of trees and other vegetative cover to development and the emission of waste heat from industries, vehicles, and buildings. These rising levels of heat constitute the single greatest climate-related threat to human health in cities, accounting for more deaths per year than all other forms of extreme weather combined, and are contributing to loss of life and unprecedented infrastructure disruptions in the present time period, not decades in the future
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Contents
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- La Canicule
- Keeling's curve
- The climate barrier
- Islands of heat
- The green factor
- Leveraging canopy for carbon
- Isbn
- 9781107016712
- Label
- The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live
- Title
- The city and the coming climate
- Title remainder
- climate change in the places we live
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian Stone, Jr
- Subject
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- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Climat -- Changements | Aspect économique
- Climat -- Changements | Atténuation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climatic changes
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Environment and ecology
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences | Meteorology & Climatology
- Urbanisation
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Verstädterung
- Villes
- cities
- urbanization
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In the first decade of this century, for the first time in history, the majority of the planet's population resided in cities. We are an urban planet. If ongoing changes in climate are to have an impact on the human species, most of these impacts will play out in cities. This fact was brought into full relief in the summer of 2003, when more than 70,000 residents of Europe perished in one of the most prolonged and intense heat waves in human history. The final death toll would exceed that associated with any Western European or American conflict since World War II, or any other natural disaster to have ever struck a region of the developed world, and the vast majority of these deaths occurred in cities. Studies in the aftermath of the heat wave would show that not only had global warming increased the likelihood of such an extreme event, but that the intensity of the heat had been greatly enhanced by the physical design of the cities themselves, exposing residents of cities to a much greater risk of illness or death than others. This book explores the dramatic amplification of global warming underway in cities and the range of actions that can be taken to slow the pace of warming. A core thesis of the book is that the principal strategy advocated by the global science community to mitigate climate change, the reduction of greenhouse gases, will not prove sufficient to measurably slow the rapid pace of warming in cities. The primary driver of warming in cities is not the global greenhouse effect but the loss of trees and other vegetative cover to development and the emission of waste heat from industries, vehicles, and buildings. These rising levels of heat constitute the single greatest climate-related threat to human health in cities, accounting for more deaths per year than all other forms of extreme weather combined, and are contributing to loss of life and unprecedented infrastructure disruptions in the present time period, not decades in the future
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stone, Brian
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Climatic changes
- Climate change mitigation
- Urbanization
- Cities and towns
- Climat
- Climat
- Urbanisation
- Villes
- urbanization
- SCIENCE
- Environment and ecology
- Cities and towns
- Climate change mitigation
- Climatic changes
- cities
- Urbanization
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Verstädterung
- Climatic changes
- Climate change mitigation
- Urbanization
- Cities and towns
- Label
- The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live, Brian Stone, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- La Canicule -- Keeling's curve -- The climate barrier -- Islands of heat -- The green factor -- Leveraging canopy for carbon
- Control code
- 759050076
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107016712
- Lccn
- 2011044842
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759050076
- Label
- The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live, Brian Stone, Jr
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- La Canicule -- Keeling's curve -- The climate barrier -- Islands of heat -- The green factor -- Leveraging canopy for carbon
- Control code
- 759050076
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107016712
- Lccn
- 2011044842
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)759050076
Subject
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- Climat -- Changements | Aspect économique
- Climat -- Changements | Atténuation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climate change mitigation
- Climatic changes
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
- Anthropogene Klimaänderung
- Environment and ecology
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences | Meteorology & Climatology
- Urbanisation
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Urbanization
- Verstädterung
- Villes
- cities
- urbanization
- Climatic changes -- Economic aspects
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