Planning for Climate Change

This second and fully revised edition brings together some of the most influential work on the theory and practice of contemporary EU environmental policy. Comprising five comprehensive parts, it includes in-depth case studies of contemporary policy issue

Simin Davoudi is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning and Deputy Director of the institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at Newcastle University. Jenny Crawford is an urban and regional planner and Head of Research at the Royal Town Planning Institute. Abid Method is working on environment, sustainability and climate change at the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and Global Urban Research Unit (GURU), Newcastle University.

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Preface and Acknowledgements	p. xix
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	p. xxi
The Challenge of Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation and Vulnerability
Introduction to Part 1	p. 3
Climate Change and Spatial Planning Responses	p. 7
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developed Nations: A Critical Perspective on the Adaptation Turn in Urban Climate Planning	p. 19
Urban Form and Climate Change: Towards Appropriate Development Patterns to Mitigate and Adapt to Global Warming	p. 33
Patterns of Settlement Compared	p. 46
Transport Policies and Climate Change	p. 55
Transitioning Away from Oil: A Transport Planning Case Study with Emphasis on US and Australian Cities	p. 70
Climate Change Vulnerability: A New Threat to Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries	p. 83
Climate Change Vulnerability: Planning Challenges for Small Islands	p. 94
Strategic Planning Responses
Introduction to Part 2	p. 107
The Territorial Agenda of the European Union - Progress for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation?	p. 111
California's Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles	p. 125
Climate Change and Australian Urban Resilience: The Limits of Ecological Modernization as an Adaptive Strategy	p. 136
Beyond a Technical Response: New Growth-management Experiments in Canada	p. 155
Planning for Offshore Wind Energy in Northern Europe	p. 167
Sustainable Construction and Design in UK Planning	p. 181
Making Space for Water: Spatial Planning and Water Management in the Netherlands	p. 191
Climate Change and Flood Risk Methodologies in the UK	p. 205
Implementation, Governance and Engagement
Introduction to Part 3	p. 219
Use of Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Spatial Planning	p. 223
Integrated Assessment to Support Regional and Local Decision Making	p. 236
Planning for Green Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change	p. 249
A Climate of Planning: Swedish Municipal Responses to Climate Change	p. 262
Moving Cities Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Energy Future: Learning from Woking and London	p. 272
Planning and Governance of Climate Change	p. 284
Public Engagement in Planning for Renewable Energy	p. 297
Index	p. 308
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