Cool cities : urban sovereignty and the fix for global warming /: urban sovereignty and the fix for global warming. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Benjamin R. Barber.
• Authors: Barber, Benjamin R, 1939-2017
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Politics Not Science; PART ONE: MAKING POLITICS WORK FOR SCIENCE; 1 The Social Contract and the Rights of Cities; 2 The Devolution Revolution and the Politics of COP 21; 3 Climate Change in the Anthropocene; 4 The Facts Are Mute, Money Talks; 5 Privatization and Market Fundamentalism; 6 Political Institutions Old and New: Cities Not Nation- States; 7 The Road to Global Governance; 8 Climate Justice: Making Sustainability and Resilience Complementary; 9 The End of Sovereignty Redux: A Global Parliament of Mayors. PART TWO: MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK FOR POLITICS10 Common Principles and Urban Action; 11 The Politics of Commensurability and the Challenge of Trust; 12 City Sovereignty and the Need for Urban Networks; 13 A Practical Climate Action Agenda; 14 Exemplary Cities; 15 Trust Among Cities: An Index of Commensurability; 16 Realizing the Urban Climate Agenda; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
• Subjects: 363.73874; Global warming; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Cities and towns -- Growth; Réchauffement de la Terre; Villes -- Croissance; global warming; urban sprawl; suburban growth; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Cities and towns -- Growth; City planning -- Environmental aspects; Global warming; Steden; Klimaatveranderingen; Duurzaamheid (algemeen); Stedelijke ontwikkeling
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300228113; 0300228112
• Related ISBNs: 0300224206; 9780300224207
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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