The Risk City: Cities Countering Climate Change: Emerging Planning Theories and Practices around the World
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In light of the complex challenges and risks to the human habitat that have emerged in recent years, many cities have prepared various types of plans aimed at addressing the challenges posed by climate change. Nonetheless, despite the importance of these plans and the major public resources invested in their formulation, we still know little about them and have yet to begin studying them and assessing their contributions
. From the innovative perspective of the risk city, this book asks critical questions about the nature, vision, practices, and potential impact of the recent climate change-oriented plans. What kinds of risks do they attempt to address, what types of practices do they institute, and what types of approaches do they apply? Do they adequately address the risks and uncertainties posed? How do they contribute to the worldwide effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? This book uses the methodologically innovative Risk City framework to examine the nature, vision, outcomes, practices, and impact of these crucial plans, as well as their contribution to the resilience of our cities and to global efforts toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Ratings and reviews
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Yosef Jabareen graduated with distinction from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, and has a Ph.D. in urban planning from Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He was a visiting scholar and lecturer in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. Visiting Fellow at Aga Khan Program for Islamic at MIT. The author is theorist of urban planning and politics. He writes in contemporary theories and practices in the fields of urban sustainability, climate change, and the resilient city. In addition, he writes on urban rights and politics and the status of minorities and marginalized groups. Jabareen won various academic awards.
