Lee, Taedong.

Global cities and climate change the translocal relations of environmental governance / [electronic resource] : Taedong Lee. - New York : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 159 p.) : ill. - Cities and global governance ; 3 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. A theory of translocal relations : local actors in global climate governance -- 3. Global cities and translocal climate change networks -- 4. Act locally, link globally : translocal collaboration through the C40 Cities Climate Network -- 5. Political leadership, globalization, and translocal climate cooperation : case studies of three Korean cities -- 6. Participation in translocal climate networks and mitigation policy -- 7. Implications, future research questions, and conclusion.

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Cities and towns--Growth--Environmental aspects.
City planning--Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy--International cooperation.
Environmental protection--Government policy.
Sustainable development--International cooperation.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban policy--Environmental aspects.
Urbanization--Environmental aspects.