Governance for Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Language: en
Pages: 245
Authors: Jeroen van der Heijden
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-31 - Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

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Cities, and the built environment more broadly, are key in the global response to climate change. This groundbreaking book seeks to understand what governance t
Resilience and Urban Governance
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Katarína Svitková
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-22 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book challenges the concept of ‘urban resilience’ by exploring its impact and limitations in three cities. Resilience has become a buzzword in science,
Urban Resilience for Risk and Adaptation Governance
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: Grazia Brunetta
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-02 - Publisher: Springer

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This book brings together a series of theory and practice essays on risk management and adaptation in urban contexts within a resilient and multidimensional per
Resilience and Sustainability in Urban Africa
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Innocent Chirisa
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-02 - Publisher: Springer Nature

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Resilience has become a very topical issue transcending many spheres and sectors of sustainable urban development. This book presents a resilience framework for
Urban Climate Politics
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Jeroen van der Heijden
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-05-09 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, including their strengths, limitations and the power dynamics between them. Written by renowned sc