PLANNING for CLIMATE CHANGE: Strategies for mitigation and adaptation Simin Davoudi, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood (eds) Earthscan Ltd Due: August 2009
    
    Synopsis
    There is a compelling scientific consensus that since the dawn of the industrial era human activity has become increasingly responsible for the changing climate. While research and publications on the science of climate change have grown substantially in recent decades, less attention has been paid to the role of spatial planning in developing both mitigation measures, to reduce emissions, and adaptation measures to ameliorate the effects of climate change. The literature in the field of planning is limited and disparate. This is despite the fact that climate change is changing the context of planning and shaping its priorities. It has strengthened the environmental dimension of spatial planning and has become a new rationale for coordinating actions and integrating different policy priorities. This book, therefore, aims to map out the main challenges for spatial planning that have been created or amplified by climate change, in order to encourage further debate and deeper engagement by planning academics and practitioners. The book has a wide ranging scope and an international coverage. It draws on the expertise and experience of both academics and practitioners from five continents.
    
    Outline
    Part 1 Introduction: The Challenge of Climate Change – Adaptation, Mitigation and vulnerability - Simin Davoudi Chapter 1: Climate Change and Spatial Planning Responses - Simin Davoudi, Jenny Crawford and Abid Mehmood Chapter 2: Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developed Nations: A Critical Perspective on the Adaptation Turn in Urban Climate Planning - Jeff Howard Chapter 3: Urban Form and Climate Change: Towards Appropriate Development Patterns to Mitigate and Adapt to Global Warming - Rafael Pizarro Chapter 4: Patterns of Settlement Compared - Nick Green and John Handley Chapter 5: Transport Policies and Climate Change - David Banister and Jillian Anable Chapter 6: Transitioning Away from Oil: A Transport Planning Case Study with Emphasis on US and Australian Cities - Peter Newman Chapter 7: Climate Change Vulnerability: A New Threat to Development Goals in Poor Countries - Kirsten Halsnæs and Nethe Veje Laursen Chapter 8: Climate Change Vulnerability: Planning Challenges for Small Islands - Thanasis Kizos, Ioannis Spilanis and Abid Mehmood Part 2 Introduction: Strategic Planning Responses - Jenny Crawford Chapter 9: The Territorial Agenda of the European Union – Progress for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation? - Olivier Sykes and Thomas Fischer Chapter 10: California’s Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles Stephen Wheeler Chapter 11: Climate Change and Australian Urban Resilience: The Limits of Ecological Modernisation as an Adaptive Strategy - Jason Byrne, Brendon Gleeson, Michael Howes and Wendy Steele Chapter 12: Beyond A Technical Response: New Growth-Management Experiments in Canada - Pamela Robinson Chapter 13: Planning for Offshore Wind Energy in Northern Europe - Stephen Jay Chapter 14: Sustainable Construction and Design in UK Planning - Yvonne Rydin Chapter 15: Making Space for Water: Spatial Planning and Water Management in the Netherlands - Jochem De Vries and Maarten Wolsink Chapter 16: Climate Change and Flood Risk Methodologies in the UK - Andrew Coleman Part 3 Introduction: Implementation, Governance and Engagement - Abid Mehmood Chapter 17: Use of Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Spatial Planning - Elizabeth Wilson Chapter 18: Integrated Assessment to Support Regional and Local Decision Making - Jim Hall Chapter 19: Planning for Green Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change - Susannah Gill, John Handley, Roland Ennos and Paul Nolan Chapter 20: A Climate of Planning: Swedish Municipal Responses to Climate Change - Richard Langlais Chapter 21: Moving Cities Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Energy Future – Learning from Woking and London - Allan Jones Chapter 22: Planning and Governance of Climate Change - Harriet Bulkeley Chapter 23: Public Engagement in Planning for Renewable Energy - Claire Haggett

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