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

Preface and Acknowledgments Part I Introduction: The Challenge of Climate Change - Adaptation, Mitigation and Vulnerability 1. Climate Change and Spatial Planning Responses 2. Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Developed Nations: A Critical Perspective on the Adaptation Turn in Urban Climate Planning 3. Urban Form and Climate Change: Towards Appropriate Development Patterns to Mitigate and Adapt to Global Warming 4. Patterns of Settlement Compared 5. Transport Policies and Climate Change 6. Transitioning Away from Oil: A Transport Planning Case Study with Emphasis on US and Australian Cities 7. Climate Change Vulnerability: A New Threat to Poverty Alleviation in Developing Countries 8. Climate Change Vulnerability: Planning Challenges for Small Islands Part II Introduction: Strategic Planning Responses 9. The Territorial Agenda of the European Union - Progress for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation? 10. California's Climate Change Planning: Policy Innovation and Structural Hurdles 11. Climate Change and Australian Urban Resilience: The Limits of Ecological Modernisation as an Adaptive Strategy 12. Beyond a Technical Response: New Growth-management Experiments in Canada 13. Planning for Offshore Wind Energy in Northern Europe 14. Sustainable Construction and Design in UK Planning 15. Making Space for Water: Spatial Planning and Water Management in the Netherlands 16. Climate Change and Flood Risk Methodologies in the UK Part III Introduction: Implementation, Governance and Engagement 17. Use of Scenarios for Climate Change Adaptation in Spatial Planning 18. Integrated Assessment to Support Regional and Local Decision Making 19. Planning for Green Infrastructure: Adapting to Climate Change 20. Planning and Governance of Climate Change 21. A Climate of Planning: Swedish Municipal Responses to Climate Change 22. Moving Cities Towards a Sustainable Low Carbon Energy Future: Learning from Woking and London 23. Public Engagement in Planning for Renewable Energy

Biography

Simin Davoudi is Professor of Environmental Policy and Planning and Co-Director Director of the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at Newcastle University. Jenny Crawford is an urban and regional planner and Head of Research at the Royal Town Planning Institute. Abid Mehmood is working on environment, sustainability and climate change associate at the Institute for Research on Environment and Sustainability (IRES) and Global Urban Research Unit (GURU), Newcastle University.

'This book is an exceptionally valuable resource and comes at the moment of greatest need - putting climate change mitigation and adaptation into practice is now an imperative for all spatial planning practitioners.' Robert Upton, Secretary General, Royal Town Planning Institute 'Spatial planning has a vital role to play in responding to this global challenge. This book provides an in-depth, well structured and valuable analysis of the complex issues faced by planners at a local, regional and national level in developing an effective policy response.' New Start Magazine 'In filling a gap in existing literature, the book has gone straight onto my recommended reading lists for teaching... Individual chapters will prove invaluable support for a wide range of environmental and wider planning modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and the book will be an ideal starting point for dissertation students. Those involved in doing spatial planning will also find plenty of interest in the book, and perhaps even some bedtime reading.' Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning 'The book is useful to those who seek an introduction to the mitigation-adaption debate and consequent policies in the developed world. The first two sections of the book cover important material and contain many excellent articles. They are short and, as such, could be used as a 'reader' in an introductory course on climate change.' Roz D. Lasker, Journal of Planning Education and Research 'A useful and welcomingly broad selection of case studies which reflect the various types of relationship between climate change and spatial planning. The contributions are often rich in data and information without being overly technical. Indeed, much of the material would make for an accessible and engaging read for the general reader with an interest in climate change.' Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers