Foreword iii
Acknowledgments xi
Contributors xiii
Abbreviations xv
Chapter 1. Introduction: Cities and the Urgent Challenges
of Climate Change 1
Chapter 2. Greenhouse Gas Emission Baselines
for Global Cities and Metropolitan Regions 15
Christopher A. Kennedy, Anu Ramaswami, Sebastian Carney,
and Shobhakar Dhakal
Chapter 3. Comparing Mitigation Policies in Five Large
Cities: London, New York City, Milan,
Mexico City, and Bangkok 55
Edoardo Croci, Sabrina Melandri, and Tania Molteni
Chapter 4. GHG emissions, Urban Mobility, and Morphology:
A Hypothesis 87
Alain Bertaud, Benoit Lefèvre, and Belinda Yuen
Chapter 5. The Role of Institutions, Governance, and
Urban Planning for Mitigation and Adaptation 125
Harriet Bulkeley, Heike Schroeder, Katy Janda,
Jimin Zhao, Andrea Armstrong, Shu Yi Chu,
and Shibani Ghosh
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