Cities and Environmental Change (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108473972)

Environmental issues have always burdened cities and their residents. This volume analyses how cities have solved past environmental challenges to provide a framework on which to build solutions to the problems caused by the climate crisis. It sets urban environmental crises within the socio-technical history of urban development. With six application chapters that provide rich and detailed examples of urban environmental transitions - including water resources, air quality, and public health - this book promotes better understanding of how urban environmental change takes place across a wide array of social-ecological-technological systems. It illustrates the process of urban environmental transition and the role crises play in shifts in urban environmental policy. Readers of the book will gain a deeper understanding of urban climate action and activities for future action. It is invaluable reading for students, researchers, and policymakers in environmental sustainability, climate change, urban studies and planning, and public policy.

Author: William Solecki
ISBN-10: 1108473970
ISBN-13: 9781108473972
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2025
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d