Local climate change law : environmental regulation in cities and other localities / edited by Benjamin J. Richardson.
2012
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Title
Local climate change law : environmental regulation in cities and other localities / edited by Benjamin J. Richardson.
Published
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
K3585.5 .L63 2012
ISBN
9780857937476 (hbk.)
0857937472 (hbk.)
9780857937483 (e-book)
0857937480 (e-book)
0857937472 (hbk.)
9780857937483 (e-book)
0857937480 (e-book)
Description
xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)792747533
Summary
This timely study offers a multi-jurisdictional perspective, featuring international contributors who examine both theoretical and practical dimensions of how localities are addressing climate mitigation and adaptation in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, South Africa and the United States, as well as considering the place of localities in global climate law agreements and transnational networks.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
List of contributors
ix
List of abbreviations
xiv
Preface / Melissa Powers
xvi
pt. I
FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE LAW
1.
Local climate change law / Benjamin J. Richardson
3
2.
Transnational voluntary climate change initiatives for local governments: key variables, drivers and likely effects / Kevin Thompson
29
pt. II
LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION IN NORTH AMERICA
3.
Local climate change law and multi-level governance in North America / Scott Pasternack
69
4.
Suburban climate change efforts in Minnesota: implications for multi-level mitigation strategies / Hari M. Osofsky
105
5.
US municipal climate plans: what role will cities play in climate change mitigation? / Melissa Powers
134
6.
Local solutions to a global problem? Climate change policy-making in Vancouver / Elizabeth Schwartz
164
7.
Climate governance at the municipal level in Canada: a case study of mitigation efforts in Halifax / Kaija Belfry Munroe
195
8.
Measuring climate action in Vancouver: comparing a city's greenhouse gas emissions inventory protocol to the inventory of consumption / Jennie Moore
221
9.
Indigenous peoples and climate change policies: a comparative assessment of Indigenous governance models in Canada / Sophie Theriault
243
pt. III
LOCAL CLIMATE ACTION IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
10.
Local climate action in the European Union / Marjan Peeters
273
11.
Climate governance in China: using the `iron hand' / Jolene Lin
300
12.
Legal frameworks for local adaptation in Australia: the role of local government in water governance in a climate change era / Lee Godden
325
13.
Climate governance in South African municipalities: opportunities and obstacles for local government / Anel du Plessis
353
Index
389