Cities Demanding the Earth

A New Understanding of the Climate Emergency

Peter Taylor, Geoff O'Brien, Phil O'Keefe

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Bristol University Press
01 April 2020

Environmentalist thought & ideology; Global warming; Social impact of environmental issues

Climate change is an existential threat to human society and current models of global governance, oriented around economic development and urban growth, are failing to respond the unprecedented challenges it presents.

Arguing that we must shift our focus away from policy dominated by supply issues and climate adaption, this book calls for radically different policy solutions. It argues that we need to think about the social processes of climate change in innovative new ways and reinvent our cities as devices for impactful environmental activism and change.

The authors show how we can transform our cities into agents of change and generate a new understanding of the urban that is in sync with the global environment.

By: Peter Taylor, Geoff O'Brien, Phil O'Keefe
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529210477
ISBN 10: 152921047X
Pages: 164
Publication Date: 01 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Declarations: Root and Branch Unthinking Alternate: Jane Jacobs’ Legacy Inside Out: Twelve Antithesis Authenticating Cities Reset: Anthropogenic Climate Change Is Urban Not Modern Action: Can We Stop Terminal Consumption?

Peter J. Taylor is Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of Loughborough and Northumbria University. Geoff O’Brien is an Emeritus scholar at Northumbria University. Phil O’Keefe (1948-2020) was Emeritus Professor of Economic Development and Environmental Management at Northumbria University.