The Urban Transformation : Health, Shelter and Climate Change 9781136262968, 9781849712156

Urban Areas and Global Climate Change 9781781900376, 9781781900369

Examining urban environmental issues at the macro, municipal level down to the micro community and individual level, thi

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Seasonal Forecasts, Climatic Change and Human Health: Health and Climate [1 ed.] 140206876X, 9781402068768

Awareness that many key aspects of public health are strongly influenced by climate is growing dramatically, driven by n

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Spaceship in the Desert: Energy, Climate Change, and Urban Design in Abu Dhabi 9781478002406

Gökçe Günel examines the development and construction of Masdar City, a zero-carbon city built by Abu Dhabi that houses

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Canada and Climate Change 9780228009856

How Canada has ignored the reality of climate change for far too long and what we must do to change course. Canada has

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Climate Change and Health in the Western Pacific Region [1 ed.] 9789240698710, 9789290617372

There is serious concern about the impact of the changing climate. The WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific has t

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Can man change the climate?

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The Nexus of Biofuels, Climate Change, and Human Health: Workshop Summary [1 ed.] 9780309292429, 9780309292412

In January 2013, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine of the Institute of Medicine he

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Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia [1 ed.] 9048198666, 9789048198665

This book is about African and Asian cities. Illustrated through selected case cities, the book brings together a rich c

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Reversing Climate Change: How Carbon Removals Can Resolve Climate Change and Fix the Economy 981471934X, 9789814719346

The Kyoto Protocol capped the emissions of the main emitters, the industrialized countries, one by one. It also created

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Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics-as-Usual 086571584X, 9780865715844

I like this book because its author, Clive Doucet, tells about the conditions that can cause cities and societies to fai

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