1. Progress or Pipe Dream? Cities and Climate Change Mitigation

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Shifting Ambitions and Positions of City Governments 1
4. 1. Progress or Pipe Dream? Cities and Climate Change Mitigation 17
5. 2. Evaluating Urban Governance: A Three-Part Framework 46
6. 3. Made to Measure: Tracing Unique Climate Policy Agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto 79
7. 4. The Means Behind the Methods: Governing Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 116
8. 5. Are We There Yet? Identifying and Evaluating Urban Progress on Climate Change Mitigation 148
9. Conclusion: Prospects and Consequences of Repowering Cities 165
10. Acknowledgments 181
11. Notes 185
12. References 191
13. Index 209