Local Greens - Cities and Twenty-first Century Environmental Problems

This book examines how local governments can tackle climate change. It explores the challenges cities face in tackling this global problem and highlights New York City's innovative efforts to do so. With a clear framework and actionable agenda, readers will gain valuable insight into local level opportunities for a sustainable future.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A Brief History of Cities in Environmental Policy; 2. An Analytical Framework; 3. Local Environmental Protection in NYC; 4. Local Decarbonization Efforts in NYC; 5. Adapting to Climate Change in NYC; 6. An Urban Climate Change Agenda for the Early 21st Century; Coda; Notes.

About the author

Katrina M. Wyman teaches and researches environmental law at New York University School of Law, where she is the Wilf Family Professor of Property Law and Faculty Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law. She has published extensively on local environmental law and policy.Danielle Spiegel-Feld spent nearly a decade as Executive Director of the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at New York University School of Law, where she often worked closely with New York City officials to advance local environmental policy. She is an editor of Global Sustainable Cities (2023).

Product details

• Authors: Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Katrina M. Wyman
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9781316515419
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51541-9
• Illustrations: Worked examples or Exercises
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; New York City, Climate Change, LAW / Environmental, United States of America, USA, Environment law, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Green politics / ecopolitics / environmentalism, Regional, state and other local government policies, Local government law