1. The Dark Side of the 'Green' City.
- Author
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ROSS, ANDREW
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GLOBAL warming , *GREENHOUSE gases , *CITIES & towns , *CARBON & the environment , *CLIMATE change , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
Phoenix THE struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. So ''greening'' the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the low-carbon technologies associated with the new environmental conscientiousness, the movement for sustainability may end up exacerbating climate change rather than ameliorating it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2011