Climate change and cities: first assessment report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network

Forewords Acknowledgements Executive summary 1. Introduction Part I. Defining the Risk Framework: 2. Cities, disasters and climate risk 3. Urban climate: processes, trends and projections Part II. Urban Sectors: 4. Climate change and urban energy systems 5. Climate change, water and wastewater 6. Climate change and urban transportation systems 7. Climate change and human health in cities Part III. Cross-Cutting Issues: 8. The role of urban land in climate change 9. Cities and climate change: the challenges for governance Annex: list of contributors Index.