Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners Book

List of Figures, Tables and Boxes ix

List of Contributors xi

Preface and Acknowledgements xix

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi

Part 1 The Challenge of Climate Change: Adaptation, Mitigation and Vulnerability

Introduction to Part 1 Simin Davoudi 3

Chapter 1 Climate Change and Spatial Planning Responses Simin Davoudi Jenny Crawford Abid Mehmood 7

Chapter 2 Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developed Nations: A Critical Perspective on the Adaptation Turn in Urban Climate Planning Jeff Howard 19

Chapter 3 Urban Form and Climate Change: Towards Appropriate Development Patterns to Mitigate and Adapt to Global Warming Rafael Pizairro 33

Chapter 4 Patterns of Settlement Compared Nick Green John Handley 46

Chapter 5 Transport Policies and Climate Change David Banister Jillian Anable 55

Chapter 6 Transitioning Away from Oil: A Transport Planning Case Study with Emphasis on US and Australian Cities Peter Newman 70

Chapter 7 Climate Change Vulnerability: A New Threat to Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries Kirsten Halsnses Nethe Veje Laursen 83

Chapter 8 Climate Change Vulnerability: Planning Challenges for Small Islands Thanasis Kizos Ioannis Spilanis Abid Mehmood 94

Part 2 Strategic Planning Responses

Introduction to Part 2 Jenny Crawford 107

Chapter 9 The Territorial Agenda of the European Union - Progress for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation? Olivier Sykes Thomas Fischer 111

Chapter 10 California's Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles Stephen Wheeler 125

Chapter 11 Climate Change and Australian Urban Resilience: The Limits of Ecological Modernization as an AdaptiveStrategy Jason Byrne Brendan Gleeson Michael Howes Wendy Steele 136

Chapter 12 Beyond a Technical Response: New Growth-management Experiments in Canada Pamela Robinson 155

Chapter 13 Planning for Offshore Wind Energy in Northern Europe Stephen Jay 167

Chapter 14 Sustainable Construction and Design in UK Planning Yvonne Rydin 181

Chapter 15 Making Space for Water: Spatial Planning and Water Management in the Netherlands Jochem de Vries Maatten Wolsink 191

Chapter 16 Climate Change and Flood Risk Methodologies in the UK Andrew Coleman 205

Part 3 Implementation, Governance and Engagement

Introduction to Part 3 Abid Mehmood 219

Chapter 17 Use of Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Spatial Planning Elizabeth Wilson 223

Chapter 18 Integrated Assessment to Support Regional and Local Decision Making Jim Hall 236

Chapter 19 Planning for Green Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change Susannah Gill John Handley Roland Ennos Paul Nolan 249

Chapter 20 A Climate of Planning: Swedish Municipal Responses to Climate Change Richard Langlais 262

Chapter 21 Moving Cities Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Energy Future: Learning from Woking and London Allan Jones 272

Chapter 22 Planning and Governance of Climate Change Harriet Bulkeley 284

Chapter 23 Public Engagement in Planning for Renewable Energy Claire Haggett 297

Index 308