The urban climate challenge : rethinking the role of cities in the global climate regime / edited by Craig Johnson, Noah Toly, Heike Schroeder.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Governing the Urban Climate Challenge: Understanding the Role of Cities in the Global Climate Regime
1.Introduction: Urban Resilience, Low Carbon Governance and the Global Climate Regime /​ Noah Toly
2.Bringing Cities into the Global Climate Framework /​ Saskia Sassen
3.Closed Cycles
-Open City /​ Katleen De Flander
pt. II Going Global? The Changing Face of Urban Climate Governance
4.If Cities Are the Solution, What Are the Problems? The Promise and Perils of Urban Climate Leadership /​ Michele Acuto
5.Multinational Companies and Urban Climate Governance: Market Making or Successful Policy Innovation? /​ Sofie Bouteligier
pt. III Domestic Policy Responses: Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation into Urban Climate Governance
6.Combining Local and Transnational Action in the Adoption and Implementation of Climate Policies in the City of Sao Paulo /​ Fernando Rei
Contents note continued: 7.Urban Climate Governance through a Sustainability Lens: Exploring the Integration of Adaptation and Mitigation in Four British Columbian Cities /​ Ann Dale
8.Climate Change Adaptation in Mumbai, India /​ T. Boykoff
9.Relational Agency and the Local Governance of Climate Change: International Trends and an American Exemplar /​ Alexander Aylett
pt. IV Regional Policy Perspectives: Comparing Policies and Outcomes across Regional Policy Regimes
10.Multilevel Governance and Institutional Capacity for Climate Change Responses in Latin American Cities /​ Daniel M. Gnatz
11.Climate Change Adaptation and African Cities: Understanding the Impact of Government and Governance on Future Action /​ Christopher Gore
pt. V Governing the Urban Climate Challenge: New Directions in Theory, Policy and Research
12.Conclusion: Governing the Urban Climate Challenge /​ Noah Toly.

Drawing upon a variety of empirical and theoretical perspectives, The Urban Climate Challenge provides a hands-on perspective about the political and technical challenges now facing cities and transnational urban networks in the global climate regime. Bringing together experts working in the fields of global environmental governance, urban sustainability and climate change, this volume explores the ways in which cities, transnational urban networks and global policy institutions are repositioning themselves in relation to this changing global policy environment.