The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / Brian Stone, Jr.
The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / Brian Stone, Jr.
The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / Brian Stone, Jr.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
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N363.73874/230
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English
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x, 187 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue. La Canicule -- 1. Keeling's curve -- 2. The climate barrier -- 3. Islands of heat -- 4. The green factor -- 5. Leveraging canopy for carbon.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2012.
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"In the first decade of this century, for the first time in history, the majority of the planet's population resided in cities. We are an urban planet. If ongoing changes in climate are to have an impact on the human species, most of these impacts will play out in cities. This fact was brought into full relief in the summer of 2003, when more than...
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The city and the coming climate : climate change in the places we live / Brian Stone, Jr.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N363.73874/230
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74Vv84B6xpjA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv84B6xpjA
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1107602580 (pbk.)
9781107016712
1107016711
9781107602588 (pbk.)
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363.738/74
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991014323779702626
