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Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation
- 1st Edition - September 16, 2022
- Authors: Ayyoob Sharifi, Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 5 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 5 5 5 3 - 2
Uniquely focused on the contributions smart cities can make to climate change resilience, Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation offers evidence-based scientific solutions for im… Read more
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Request a sales quoteUniquely focused on the contributions smart cities can make to climate change resilience, Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation offers evidence-based scientific solutions for improving cities’ abilities to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to global climate-related events. Beginning with the observation of global environmental change, this book explores what sustainable smart projects are, how they are adopted and evaluated, and how they can address climate change challenges. It brings together a wide variety of disciplines such as planning, transportation, and waste management to address issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities.In general, many social science researchers lack cohesive, broad-based literature knowledge; Urban Climate Adaptation and Mitigation bridges this gap and informs different types of stakeholders on how they can enhance their preparation abilities to enable real-time responses and actions. Therefore, it is a valuable reference for researchers, professors, graduate students, city planners, and policy makers.
Application-focused throughout, this book explores the complexities of urban systems and subsystems to support researchers, planners, and decision makers in their efforts toward developing more climate-resilient smart cities.
- Provides a structured in-depth analysis of smart city cases from around the world
- Introduces evidence-based toolkits and frameworks for assessing actual and/or potential contributions of smart city solutions to climate resilience
- Includes state-of-the-art literature review and glossary
Researchers, professors, graduate students, city/region planners, policy makers
- Cover
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Urbanization in the context of global environmental change
- Abstract
- 1.1: Global environmental change
- 1.2: The environmental footprint of cities: A historical perspective
- 1.3: The urban planet and its implications for resource use and environmental quality
- 1.4: Challenges of urbanization in the Anthropocene
- 1.5: Global policy frameworks: An instrument for mainstreaming sustainable urbanism (challenges)
- 1.6: The need for disruptive solutions
- 1.7: Summary
- References
- Chapter 2: Climate change adaptation and mitigation in cities
- Abstract
- 2.1: Climate change and climate change scenarios
- 2.2: Climate change and cities
- 2.3: Resilience and climate change adaptation/mitigation
- 2.4: Climate change adaptation in cities
- 2.5: Climate change mitigation in cities
- 2.6: Summary
- References
- Chapter 3: Smart cities: Key definitions and new directions
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Key definitions of the smart city concept
- 3.3: The genealogy of the concept
- 3.4: The underlying principles of smart city concept
- 3.5: Smart cities and climate resilience
- 3.6: Summary
- References
- Chapter 4: Smart city solutions and climate change adaptation: An overview
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Materials and methods
- 4.3: Results and discussions
- 4.4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: Smart city solutions and climate change mitigation: An overview
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction
- 5.2: Materials and methods
- 5.3: Results and discussions
- 5.4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6: The fundamentals of smart city assessment
- Abstract
- 6.1: The origin of the smart city assessment
- 6.2: Different approaches to smart city assessment
- 6.3: Underlying principles of smart city assessment
- 6.4: Smart city assessment and climate-resilient planning
- 6.5: Final remarks
- References
- Chapter 7: Assessment tools and indicators for smart city assessment
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction: An overview of the existing assessment tools
- 7.2: Different approaches toward smart city assessment
- 7.3: Various dimensions of smart cities
- 7.4: Criteria and indicators for smart city assessment
- 7.5: Inclusion of climate resilience criteria and indicators in smart city assessment tools
- 7.6: Summary
- Appendix
- References
- Chapter 8: The extent of inclusion of smart city indicators in existing urban sustainability assessment tools
- Abstract
- 8.1: Assessment tools as decision-support systems
- 8.2: Sustainability assessment
- 8.3: City sustainability assessment tools
- 8.4: Neighborhood sustainability assessment tools
- 8.5: The extent of inclusion of smartness indicators in sustainability assessment tools
- 8.6: Integration of indicators related to climate resilience into the assessment tools
- 8.7: Summary
- References
- Chapter 9: Indicators to assess contributions of smart city solutions and technologies to urban resilience
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Materials and methods
- 9.3: Results: The indicators
- 9.4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10: Contributions of smart technologies to disaster resilience
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Contributions of smart cities to resilience
- 10.3: Discussions and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11: A typology analysis of smart city projects around the world
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: Trends in the development of smart city projects
- 11.3: Methodology
- 11.4: Results
- 11.5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: Urban scale climate change adaptation through smart technologies
- Abstract
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Overview of the current trends of modern technology applied in the urban environment to address climate change
- 12.3: The implication of frontier technologies to combat climate change
- 12.4: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13: Automated object extraction of satellite imagery to estimate the loss of vegetative land cover and inform climate adaptation actions in San Antonio, Texas
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Methodology
- 13.3: Results and discussion
- 13.4: Conclusions and implications of adaptation policy
- Appendix: Notes on the methodology caveats
- References
- Chapter 14: Smart transformation in Iran, a step toward adaptation and reduction of climate change
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction
- 14.2: Smart city and smart transformation
- 14.3: Climate change and environmental problems in Iran
- 14.4: Moving toward smart transformation in Iran and the status of smart transformation
- 14.5: Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 15: Technological solutions for adaptation with Iran's water resources crisis
- Abstract
- 15.1: Introduction
- 15.2: Iran's climate change and water resource issues
- 15.3: Research methodology
- 15.4: Technological solutions
- 15.5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 16: The way forward for data-driven and climate-resilient cities
- Abstract
- 16.1: Contributions of smart solutions and technologies to climate change adaptation and mitigation
- 16.2: Integrated approaches for maximizing mitigation-adaptation co-benefits and minimizing trade-offs
- 16.3: Policy and planning considerations for mainstreaming data-driven smart cities
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 376
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 16, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323855525
- eBook ISBN: 9780323855532
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Ayyoob Sharifi
Ayyoob Sharifi is Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. He also is Core Member of the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS). His research is mainly focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation. Ayyoob actively contributes to global change research programmes such as the Future Earth and has served as Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ultimate goal of his education and research activities is to inform actions towards building sustainable and peaceful communities.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan, Urban planning, Climate change adaptation and mitigationAR
Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir
Amir Reza Khavarian-Garmsir is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Isfahan. He is a researcher with expertise in geography and urban planning. He focuses on disruptive solutions for urban climate change mitigation and adaptation, smart cities, sustainable development, and mobility. He has published extensively on issues related to planning and urban studies
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, University of Isfahan, Iran, Urban planning