Climate Chaos

Killing People, Places, and the Planet
Herausgeber: Gilderbloom, John Hans

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book combines hard science, technology, and progressive planning to reverse climate change, and offers a bold yet practical vision for sustainable living.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 925g
• ISBN-13: 9781666940497
• ISBN-10: 1666940496
• Artikelnr.: 72701717

Autorenporträt

John Hans Gilderbloom is a distinguished climate scientist at the University of Louisville and directs the Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (http://www.sunlouisville.org).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: A Human Ecological World View
Bobby William Austin
Prologue: Our Common Home: A guide to Caring for Our Living Planet
Pope Francis
A Joint Initiative of the Holy See, Pope Francis, and the Stockholm
Environment Institute
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Climate Chaos: The Battle Between Science and the Corporate
Merchants of Doubt
John Hans Gilderbloom
Part I. National Studies on the Impact of Pollution
Chapter 2: The Missing Link of Air Pollution: A Closer Look at the
Association Between Place and Life Expectancy in 146 Mid-Sized Cities
John Gilderbloom, William Riggs, Chad Frederick, Gregory Squires, and
Karrie Ann Quenichet
Chapter 3: What Cities are Most Dangerous to Your Life Expectancy? Toward a
Methodology of Livability
John Hans Gilderbloom, Christopher Bird, Gregory Squires, Chad Frederick,
Ellen Slaten, Karrie Ann Quenichet, Carla J. Snyder, Robert Friedland, and
William Riggs
Chapter 4: Pollution and the Pandemic: Explaining Differences in COVID-19
Rates across 146 U.S. Communities
Wesley Meares, John I Hans Gilderbloom, Gregory D. Squires, and Antwan
Jones
Chapter 5: Automobile Addiction Kills the Earth: The Need for Multimodality
Chad Frederick, William Riggs, and John Gilderbloom
Chapter 6: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Need for Renewable
Energies
Stephen A. Roosa
Part II. Local Studies on the Negative Impact of Pollution
Chapter 7: How to Do a Pollution Audit in Your City
Russell Barnett, John Gilderbloom, and Bunny Hayes
Chapter 8: "Mama, I can't breathe." Louisville's Dirty Air Has Steep
Medical and Economic Costs
John Hans Gilderbloom, Gregory D. Squires, Bunny Hayes, and Wesley L.
Meares
Chapter 9: Pollution, Place, and Premature Death: Evidence from a Mid-Sized
City
Authors: John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley Meares, and Gregory Squires
Chapter 10: How Brownfield Sites Kill Places and People: An Examination of
Neighborhood Housing Values, Foreclosures, Crime and Lifespan
John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley L. Meares, and William Riggs
Part III. Neighborhood and City Efforts to Combat Climate Change
Chapter 11: Part 1: How to Make Our Schools Greener and Our Students
Smarter
John Gilderbloom, Stephen Roosa, Isaiah Kingsberry, and Jennifer Stekardis
Part 2: The Impact of Air Pollution on Public School Achievement
John Hans Gilderbloom, Isaiah Kingsberry, Gregory D. Squires, and Charlie
Zhang
Chapter 12: Will Planting Eight Billion More Trees Solve Climate Chaos? No!
Elliott Grantz, John Hans Gilderbloom, Justin Mog, Charlie Zhang, and Avery
Kahl
Chapter 13: Does Walkability Matter? Exploring the Relationship Between
Walkability and Housing, Foreclosure, Health, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases
John Hans Gilderbloom, William W. Riggs, and Wesley L. Meares
Chapter 14: Biking is the Best Choice for Health, Safety, and Zero
Emissions
John Hans Gilderbloom, Justin Mog, and Zach Kenitzer
Chapter 15: Designing and Building Affordable and Attractive Housing for
Working People
John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley Meares, and Ra'Desha Williams
Chapter 16: Portland, The Best Livable City in America: Equity, Health, and
Safety
John Gilderbloom, Garlynn Woodsong, and Porter Stevens
Chapter 17: Amsterdam: Planning and Policy in the World's Most Livable City
John Hans Gilderbloom, and Matthew Hanka
Chapter 18: Historic Preservation as a Sustainability Strategy to Foster
Pro-Environmental Cultures
John Hans Gilderbloom, Matthew Hanka, and Joshua Ambrosius
Part IV. Put a Mask on Pollution
Chapter 19: Climate of Hope: Cities Leading the Way
John Hans Gilderbloom and Chris Nolan
Epilogue: Al Gore's Speech at the Opening of the World Leaders Summit at
the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt on November 7, 2022
A Prayer for Our Earth
Pope Francis
Index
About the Contributors