Cities and the Global Environmental Change

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Cities and the Global Environmental Change

Wednesday, July 16, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:20 AM

Room: 501

RC24 Environment and Society (host committee)
RC21 Regional and Urban Development

Language: English

Session Organizers:

Louis GUAY, Laval University, Canada and Pierre HAMEL, Université de Montréal, Canada

Chair:

Louis GUAY, Laval University, Canada

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Local Alliances and Metropolitan Planning Issues. How Do Local Elected Officials Negotiate Their Position? (Oral Presentation)
Sandra BREUX, INRS, Canada; Claire POITRAS, INRS, Canada; Jean-Pierre COLLIN, INRS, Canada; Gilles SÉNÉCAL, INRS, Canada; Pierre J. HAMEL, INRS, Canada

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Assembling Urban Riskscapes: Climate Adaptation, Scales Of Change, and The Politics Of Expertise In Surat, India (Oral Presentation)
Anders BLOK, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

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Transition Cities – a Sociotechnical Approach for Transformative Innovation (Oral Presentation)
Fred STEWARD, University of Westminster, United Kingdom

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How Global City Labor Markets Are Undermining Low-Carbon Policymaking (Oral Presentation)
Daniel Aldana COHEN, New York University, USA

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Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: Analysing Changing Urban Governance Practices in response to Climate Change (Oral Presentation)
Mendel GIEZEN, Utrecht University, Netherlands

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Changing Water Cultures To Achieve Water Sensitive Cities: The Importance Of Communities and Households (Oral Presentation)
Jo LINDSAY, Monash University, Australia