Climate Change in U.S. Cities

Architecture/Urban & Land Use Planning February 2022 Paperback: $45.00 978-1-61091-978-4 Ebook: $44.99 978-1-61091-979-1 384 pages. 6 x 9 | 14 figures Island Press Short

Edited by William Solecki and Cynthia Rosenzweig Climate Change and U.S. Cities

A foundational analysis of the current science on climate change in cities across the U.S.

From roads to clean water systems, the built infrastructure sustaining urban populations is increasingly vulnerable to climate. Understanding the dilemma and identifying a path forward is particularly important as cities are significant agents of climate action. A follow-up to the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA), Climate Change and U.S. Cities documents the current and future climate risk for U.S. cities, urban systems, and their residents. It is an examination of research findings since early 2012, with a critical emphasis on the crosscutting factors of economics, equity, and governance. Urban stakeholders and decision makers will gain an understanding of climate risks and a set of conclusions and recommendations for action. Climate Change and U.S. Cities boldly lays out the tools that cities must harness to effect decisive, meaningful change.

Of related interest

Climate Action Planning Michael R. Boswell, Adrienne I. Greve, and

Tammy L. Seale

Gray to Green Communities Dana Bourland William Solecki is a Professor of Geography at Hunter College, CUNY, and served as the Interim Executive Director of the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay for its first two years. He is the former Director of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and was Co-Chair of the New York City Panel on Climate Change and the US National Research Council’s Resilience Roundtable.

Cynthia Rosenzweig is a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, where she heads the Climate Impacts Group. She was named as one of “Nature’s 10: Ten People Who Mattered in 2012” by the journal Nature, for her work preparing New York City for climate extremes and change. She is a Professor at Barnard College and a Senior Research Scientist at The Earth Institute at Columbia University.

Editors’ residences: New York, New York