Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
10 - How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 160 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
10.4 Further Reading
10.5 Other Resources
C40 Cities www.c40.org/ [accessed 14/07/16]
COP21: City mayors discuss green solutions www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-34999962 [accessed 14/07/16]
City of Melbourne Personal Heatwave Response Plan www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/safety-emergency/emergency-management/Pages/Heatwaves.aspx [accessed 14/07/16]
Climate change risks to London www.youtube.com/watch?v=y12rlCBRc4w [accessed 14/07/16]
Heatwave plan for England www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/429384/Heatwave_Main_Plan_2015.pdf [accessed 14/07/16]
Oral history of the 1995 Chicago heatwave www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2015/1995-Chicago-heat-wave/ [accessed 14/07/16]
Plan National Canicule (heatwave advice in French) www.sante.gouv.fr/canicule-et-chaleurs-extremes.html [accessed 14/07/16]
Where is the world’s hottest city? www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jul/22/where-world-hottest-city-kuwait-karachi-ahvaz [accessed 14/07/16]