Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change

by Joan Fitzgerald

Book Overview

Collectively, cities take up a relatively tiny amount of land on the earth, yet they emit 72 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Clearly, cities need to be at the center of any broad effort to reduce climate change.

In Greenovation, the eminent urban policy scholar Joan Fitzgerald argues that too many cities are only implementing random acts of greenness that will do little to address the climate crisis. She instead calls for "greenovation"--using...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197651429
• ISBN13: 9780197651421
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"