Understanding of climate change is changing both the framework and the substance of development planning. Climate change therefore raises profound professional, technical, theoretical and ethical issues for planners. This argument is explored and substantiated by the contributors to a new book edited by Simin Davoudi, Abid Mehmood and Jenny Crawford for Earthscan: Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation.

It demonstrates the complexity of the development challenges involved in grappling with low carbon, ‘climate-proof ’ urban form and infrastructure. The contributors explore the barriers to effective planning for such development and highlight the implications for governance, from transnational to local levels, and the relationship between these levels. It shows that politics, values, governance, legislation and institutional capacity are inescapable considerations for planning practice. Indeed, spatial planning is a fundamental component of governance and a key determinant of governance capacity to respond effectively to climate change and related sustainable development challenges. 

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Author:

Research Team

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

18-Nov-09

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Research 

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The RTPI

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