Assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation in cities

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-84

  Walsh, Claire L ^a   Dawson, Richard J ^a   Hall, Jim W ^a   Barr, Stuart L ^a   Batty, Michael ^b   Bristow, Abigail L ^c   Carney, Sebastian ^d   Dagoumas, Athanasios S ^e   Ford, Alistair C ^a   Harpham, Colin ^f   Tight, Miles R ^g   Watters, Helen ^g   Zanni, Alberto M ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environment; Sustainability; Town and City planning

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGES; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENT; INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; SPATIAL INTERACTION MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 79957938192     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.2011.164.2.75     Document Type: Article

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