Managing the Climate Crisis

”[Managing the Climate Crisis] melds both into a discussion of adapting human construction to withstand the throes of climate change, and is written by two design and planning experts who examine not just structural choices, but the political policies guiding urban and environmental design….Libraries strong in urban design and planning, climate change analysis, and adaptation for future health and safety will find the practical, wide-ranging approach of Managing the Climate Crisis to be satisfyingly specific.” – “Donovan’s Bookshelf”“This impressive and wide-ranging book provides a compelling set of principles, policies, and designs. The description of US and international communities that have acted should inspire us, while the suggested policies provide a pragmatic roadmap to help others get there. I highly recommend Managing the Climate Crisis, whether you are a government official looking to learn from others, a practicing landscape architect or planner tasked with creating resilient design strategies, or a faculty member who is teaching the next generation about this existential threat.”–Gavin Smith, Ph.D., AICP, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University“Using cutting-edge examples, Managing the Climate Crisis offers a structured guide for building resilience. This book puts the costs and benefits of dealing with pressing climate challenges into high relief, and will empower anyone who reads it to make better, bolder decisions to safeguard our collective future.”–Lauren N. Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network

Jonathan Barnett is a Fellow of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Professor Emeritus of City and Regional Planning, and former director of the Urban Design Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale, and, with Larry Beasley, of Ecodesign for Cities and Suburbs, as well as many other books and articles about city and regional design.

Matthijs Bouw is a Professor of Practice in Architecture and Landscape Architecture and the McHarg Center Fellow for Risk and Resilience at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a founder of One Architecture & Urbanism, an award-winning architecture and planning firm, established in 1995, with main offices in New York City and Amsterdam. His projects in the U.S. include continuing planning work for Climate-Ready Boston and climate-resilience plans for New York City.