The book presents governance with a particular focus on the social and spatial aspects of climate responsiveness and reads the practice of governance across different scales. It conceptualizes a framework of scale composed of three main categories including (i) scientific knowledge, (ii) plans and policies, and (iii) authorities of action. This framework presents 'practice' as the social context in which these three can interplay adaptively. Within this framework, the book presents case studies from Turkey, Italy, Ecuador, Chile and the UK, that reach meaningful planning and design solutions at national, city, and neighbourhood scales in the face of climate change. It offers implementation clues that are transferable to ever-increasing climate action around the globe. The book will be of interest to both professionals and scholars involved in urban design, urban planning and architecture, especially those in the field of climate responsive urbanism. It will also be a valuable resourcefor non-governmental organizations and social enterprises dealing with sustainability and climate change policies.

Stimulates the resilient responses to climate change Builds on a theoretical and methodological ground that facilitates resilient practices Challenges policy-makers, scholars, and practitioners to think about through complex interplay across different territorial hierarchical scales

Inhalt
Governance of climate responsive cities: Scale matters!- Resilience, uncertainty and adaptive planning.- Barriers to implementing local climate action plans in Turkey: Searching for a potential way-out.- Exploring the Governance of Naples, Italy, through a climate responsive approach.- Community engagement in climate change policy: The case of three mills, East London.- Co-design of a nature-based solutions ecosystem for reactivating a peri-urban district in Quito, Ecuador.- How co-design of public space contributes to strengthening resilience: Lessons from two Chilean cases.- In-formal green infrastructure (IGI) and the pursuit of climate responsive environments in Quito City.- Co-designing local climate action: A methodological framework from a democratic perspective.