Planning for Climate Change

A Reader in Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Design for Resilient Cities

Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield, Yaser Abunnasr, Robert L. Ryan, Elisabeth M. Hamin Infield, Yaser Abunnasr, Robert L. Ryan

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781351201094
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Urban Planning & Landscaping

This book provides an overview of the large and interdisciplinary literature on the substance and process of urban climate change planning and design, using the most important articles from the last 15 years to engage readers in understanding problems and finding solutions to this increasingly critical issue. The Reader's particular focus is how the impacts of climate change can be addressed in urban and suburban environments—what actions can be taken, as well as the need for and the process of climate planning. Both reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as adapting to future climate are explored. Many of the emerging best practices in this field involve improving the green infrastructure of the city and region—providing better on-site stormwater management, more urban greening to address excess heat, zoning for regional patterns of open space and public transportation corridors, and similar actions. These actions may also improve current public health and livability in cities, bringing benefits now and into the future. This Reader is innovative in bringing climate adaptation and green infrastructure together, encouraging a more hopeful perspective on the great challenge of climate change by exploring both the problems of climate change and local solutions.

Index

Note: page references in bold indicate tables and page references in italic indicate figures.

Abunnasr, Yaser 172

acclimatization 36

accommodate or retreat approach to climate change 288, 310

adaptation to climate change: balancing with mitigation to climate change and 331–338; Barbados tourism and 318; built environments and 39; climate change planning and 2; climate change risks reduced by 32–33; conflict between mitigation of climate change and 336–337; defining 10; future pathways for 31–33; green infrastructure and 185, 200–202; interdependencies within cities and 107–108; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and 110; land-use conflict and 336; microclimate and 222; overview 107–110; policy goals 335–336; social vulnerability to natural hazards and 109–110; successful 261; over time 44, 45; see also cities’ adaptation to climate change and green infrastructure; suburban areas’ adaptation to climate change and green infrastructure

adaptation over time gradient 44, 45

Adger, W. Neil 110, 152

agricultural production concerns 214–215

agricultural soils management 60

Ahern, Jack 223

air pollution 35, 38, 100–101, 140–141, 143

air quality 38–39

albedo enhancement and materials 222, 226, 228, 230–232, 242, 251, 253, 256, 260

American Planning Association (APA) 88, 273

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) 174–175

Anderson, William P. 306–307

Andrew (1992 hurricane) 151, 153

Arctic region 27, 27, 29

Arnstein, S.R. 330

Asian tsunami (2004) 152, 154–156

Atlanta (Georgia) 222, 225, 227–228, 229, 230–232

Atmosphere-Ocean ModelE 228

Australia: international comparison approach and 329, 333–338; koala habitat plan of management in 338; Melbourne 235, 240; Port Stephen 338; urban form in 329, 333–338

backing away from the shore strategy 292, 294–295

balancing feedback loop 180

Baldwin, C. 369

Bamburi Cement Factory 356–357, 359

Bamburi Quarry Nature Park (now Haller Park) 352, 355–357

Bamford, H. 286

Barbados tourism sector: Accra/Rockley beach redevelopment and 315–316; adaptation to climate change and 318; background information 317–318; beach nourishment and 320; capacity-building and 322–323, 323; Coastal ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Book Introduction
• SECTION I Understanding the Problem—Climate Change and Urban Areas
• SECTION II Introduction to Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Urban Areas
• SECTION III Adaptation, Risk, and Resilience
• SECTION IV Green Infrastructure, Urban Form, and Adaptation
• SECTION V Green Infrastructure for Urban Heat and Stormwater
• SECTION VI Introduction to Green Infrastructure for Rising Sea Levels and Coastal Risks
• SECTION VII Implementing the Vision
• List of Articles
• Editor Biographies
• Index