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Urban Planning and Policy Faces Climate Change

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Authors: Pizarro, Rafael E; Blakely, Edward; Dee, John

Source: Built Environment, Volume 32, Number 4, 29 December 2006, pp. 400-412(13)

Publisher: Alexandrine Press

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.32.4.400

Scientific opinion is overwhelmingly convinced that global temperatures are likely to continue to rise with concomitant extreme weather patterns and events. There is a protean body of scientific literature available on global warming and climate change, on modelling techniques for estimating heat island and related effects in urban areas and on the design of more environmentally sustainable buildings. But the planning knowledge on climate change and its implications for human settlement is just emerging. This paper examines the state of planning knowledge in the area of climate change and urban settlement and seeks to assist planners in responding to climate change.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 29 December 2006

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  • Built Environment is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. With an emphasis on crossing disciplinary boundaries and providing global perspective, each issue focuses on a single subject of contemporary interest to practitioners, academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines. Issues are guest-edited by established international experts who not only commission contributions, but also oversee the peer-reviewing process in collaboration with the Editors.

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    The journal is abstracted in Geo Abstracts, Sage Urban Studies Abstracts, and Journal of Planning Literature, and is indexed in the Avery Index to Architectural Publications.

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