Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC)
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
USA
Physical Description:
32 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34977
Legacy PEIN ID:
74980
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Climate change - Effects
Urbanization - Effects - Climate change
Environmental management - Global warming
Abstract
Climate change has been recognized by a large number of international organizations (United Nations, European Union, OECD, World Bank), scientific bodies (IPCC, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, IGBP, IHDP, START, IAI, APN, etc), business organizations, and many national, state, provincial, and local governments, as well as the international, national, and local mass media as a critical problem for the present and future of societies around the world. Although climate change has been identified as a major environmental challenge for some time, the current level of attention and consensus for action surpass previous considerations. Also remarkable is the recent recognition of the key role of urban areas in addressing the challenges created by climate change, both in terms of mitigation and adaptation. Previous attention to climate change studied a broad range of sectors (agriculture, energy, fisheries, forestry, biodiversity, health, institutions, etc.) and processes (deforestation, land use, natural disasters, etc.), but little attention was given to urban areas and most of that attention had focused on their role in the emission of greenhouse gases.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC)
Publication Year:
2008
Publication Place
USA
Physical Description:
32 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34977
Legacy PEIN ID:
74980
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 25-Aug-2008
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022