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Author Hughes, Sara, 1981- author.

Title Repowering cities : governing climate change mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto / Sara Hughes.

Publication Info. Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the shifting ambitions and positions of city governments -- Progress or pipe dream? : cities and climate change mitigation -- Evaluating urban governance : a three-part framework -- Made to measure : tracing unique climate policy agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto -- The means behind the methods : governing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions -- Are we there yet? : identifying and evaluating urban progress on climate change mitigation -- Conclusion : prospects and consequences of repowering cities.
Summary "Provides a framework and analysis of urban climate change governance and identifies strategies for moving from incremental to transformative change in cities"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies.
Climate change mitigation.
Government policy.
New York (State)
Genre/Form Case studies.
Subject New York (State) -- New York.
Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies.
California.
California -- Los Angeles.
Climate change mitigation -- Government policy -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies.
Ontario.
Ontario -- Toronto.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: Hughes, Sara, 1981- Repowering cities. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501740411 (DLC) 2018059406
ISBN 9781501740428 (electronic book)
1501740423 (electronic book)
9781501740435 (electronic book)
1501740431 (electronic book)
9781501740411