{"product_id":"repowering-cities-9781501740411","title":"Repowering Cities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe conceptualization and execution of \u003ci\u003eRepowering Cities\u003c\/i\u003e are terrific, and provides readers with a deep understanding of why, how, and to what effect cities have mobilized to mitigate the effects of climate change.\u003c\/b\u003e?Michael J. Rich, Emory University, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eCollaborative Governance for Urban Revitalization\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCity governments are rapidly becoming society''s problem solvers. As Sara Hughes shows, nowhere is this more evident than in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto, where the cities'' governments are taking on the challenge of addressing climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepowering Cities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e focuses on the specific issue of reducing urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and develops a new framework for distinguishing analytically and empirically the policy agendas city governments develop for reducing GHG emissions, the governing strategies they use to implement these agendas, and the direct and catalytic means by which they contribute to climate cha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Sara Hughes's \u003ci\u003eRepowering Cities\u003c\/i\u003e rightly points out,... much of the research on city climate efforts focuses on the adoption of greenhouse gas reduction goals. Hughes is interested in an even more pressing question: once goals are adopted, how do cities move forward with the complicated process of governing emissions? To answer this question, she offers an excellent synthesis of years of scholarship on cities and climate change, then builds on it with her own study of New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eRepowering Cities\u003c\/i\u003e offers a useful illumination of the political challenges of achieving city climate goals.\u003c\/p\u003e * Global Environmental Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think specialist and non-specialist readers will enjoy this engaging and accessible book. For practitioners, who are often presented with case studies or best practices that highlight the policy options, it can help to equip them with an understanding of how they might pursue such an initiative in their own city. It provides clear examples that cities around the world can replicate immediately – whether they are already leading on climate change mitigation or seeking to catch up.\u003c\/p\u003e * Local Government Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith perhaps a decade to avert the worst consequences of climate change, is urban climate action a lost cause? Far from it, according to Sara Hughes, whose book provides a cross-case comparison of how three major North American cities—New York, Los Angeles and Toronto—have striven to mitigate climate change. Theoretically, Hughes's approach is a valuable contribution to the environmental policy and urban politics literatures, which have relied primarily on institutional, regime theory, and interest-group pluralism explanations for why cities commit to sustainability policies\u003c\/p\u003e * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara Hughes offers a valuable lesson that climate change mitigation is no simple task. There is no template. Every city will face its own mix of challenges and must create its own policies. We can take from this volume the reality that it is not only later than we think, but that change is going to be harder than we imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Urban Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Shifting Ambitions and Positions of City Governments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Progress or Pipe Dream? Cities and Climate Change Mitigation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Evaluating Urban Governance: A Three-Part Framework\u003cbr\u003e 3. Made to Measure: Tracing Unique Climate Policy Agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Means Behind the Methods: Governing Strategies to Reduce Green house Gas Emissions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Are We There Yet? Identifying and Evaluating Urban Progress on Climate Change Mitigation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Prospects and Consequences of Repowering Cities\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187879338327,"sku":"9781501740411","price":37.05,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/repowering-cities-9781501740411","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}