Climatopolis: How Our Cities will Thrive in the Hotter Future by Matthew E. Kahn (2010) 

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Book Description

We have released the genie from the bottle: climate change is coming, and there's no stopping it. The question, according to environmental economist Matthew E. Kahn, is not how we're going to avoid a hotter future but how we're going to adapt to it. In Climatopolis, Kahn argues that cities and regions will adapt to rising temperatures over time, slowly transforming our everyday lives as we change our behaviors and our surroundings. Taking the reader on a tour of the world's cities- from New York to Beijing to Mumbai -- Kahn's clear-eyed, engaging, and optimistic message presents a positive yet realistic picture of what our urban future will look like.

Review:                                                               Fascinating, provocative, contrarian book!!!

We read this in a graduate seminar at UNLV by Dr. Robert Futrell called "The Social Dilemmas of Climate Change" as part of a syllabus that included a wide range of work, including the IPCC. Fascinating, concise book by a UCLA economist. I've seen Joe Romm's "de-bunking" and don't think much of it. People lose sight of the idea that a great book is supposed to challenge your mind: I agree with much of what Kahn says, disagree with quite a bit, and on a great deal more remain unsure. But this book really got me thinking - and made me a smarter person - and for that I thank the writer and give Climatopolis 5 stars.

The book is in a good used condition.

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