The climate planner : overcoming pushback against local mitigation and adaptation plans /: overcoming pushback against local mitigation and adaptation plans. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jason King.
• Authors: (City planner), King, Jason
• Contents: Part 1 Why Are We Doing This? Local Planning and the Call 1 Climate Planning Objection 1: "Climate change is a lie. It can’t be proven. The climate change myth is a political maneuver." 2 Climate Planning Objection 2: "We don’t have the will. We don’t have the money." 3 Climate Planning Objection 3: "Climate change is not that bad. It’s only a few degrees. It’s just an attention‐getter. Scientists are using the issue to get their research funded." 4 Climate Planning Objection 4: "All change brings both good and bad. Besides, the climate change cure would probably be worse than the disease." 5 Climate Planning Objection 5: "We have bigger problems than climate change and other priorities." 6 Climate Planning Objection 6: "Retreat is not an option. Everywhere in the world is prone to some kind of natural disaster. We need to take a stand." 7 Climate Planning Objection 7: "It’s a lost fight. It’s too late." 8 Climate Planning Objection 8: "Someone will fix this. Some new technological invention will save us." 9 Climate Planning Objection 9: "The future can’t be predicted. Climate models are unreliable." 10 Climate Planning Objection 10: "I’ll be dead when this happens." Part 2 Creating Climate Plans 11 Drafting the Plan: The Main Stages 12 Co‐authoring the Plan with the Public 13 Dealing with Setbacks Part 3 Two American Cities in 2050 14 Miami and Southeast Florida 15 El Paso, Texas
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 307.1216; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Urban ecology (Sociology); Climatic changes -- Effect of human beings on
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000422627; 9781000421873; 9781003181514
• Related ISBNs: 9781032020235; 9781032020204
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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