Extreme cities : the peril and promise of urban life in the age of climate change /
By: Dawson, Ashley [author.].
Publisher: London ; New York : Verso, 2019Description: v, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781784780364; 9781784780364; 1784780367; 1784780375; 9781784780371; 1784780383; 9781784780388; 9781784780395; 1784780391.Subject(s): Urban ecology (Biology) | Climatic changes | Urban ecology (Sociology) | Cities and towns
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: extreme city -- Capital sinks -- Environmental blowback -- Sea change -- The jargon of resilience -- Climate apartheid -- Disaster communism -- Conclusion: urban futures.
How will climate change affect our lives? Where will its impacts be most deeply felt? Are we doing enough to protect ourselves from the coming chaos? In 'Extreme Cities', Ashley Dawson argues that cities are ground zero for climate change, contributing the lion's share of carbon to the atmosphere, while also lying on the frontlines of rising sea levels.