responding to an urgent agenda Hoornweg, Daniel. creator Freire, Mila editor. Lee, Marcus J editor. Bhada-Tata, Perinaz editor. Yuen, Belinda editor. Hoornweg, Daniel A editor. Urban Research Symposium (5th : |d 2009 : Marseille, France) text wau Washington, D.C The World Bank 2011 monographic eng 306 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Introduction : cities and the urgent challenges of climate change -- Greenhouse gas emission baselines for global cities and metropolitan regions / C.A. Kennedy ... [et al.] -- A comparative analysis of global city policies in climate change mitigation : London, New York, Milan, Mexico City and Bangkok / E. Croci, S. Melandri and T. Molteni -- GHG emissions, urban mobility and efficiency of urban morphology / A. Bertaud, B. Lefevre and B. Yuen -- The role of institutions, governance and planning for mitigation and adaptation by cities / H. Bulkeley ... [et al.] -- Viral governance and mixed motivations : how and why U.S. cities engaged on the climate change issue, 2005-2007 / T. Warden -- Urban heat islands : sensitivity of urban temperatures to climate change and heat release in four European cities / M. McCarthy and M. Sanderson -- Adapting cities to climate change : opportunities and constraints / D. Heinrichs ... [et al.] -- A conceptual and operational framework for pro-poor asset adaptation to urban climate change / C. Moser -- Epilogue: perspectives from the 5th Urban Research Symposium -- Appendix: abstracts of papers not included in printed version. specialized Daniel Hoornweg ... [et al.], editors. Collection of papers prepared and presented at the World Bank's Fifth Urban Research Symposium. Includes bibliographical references and index. Urban ecology (Sociology) Congresses Greenhouse gases Climate changes 551.6 d c 9780821384930 EG-INP 150513 20260622095619.0 ara