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REPOWERING CITIES REPOWERING CITIES Governing Climate Change Mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto Sara Hughes CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON Copyright © 2019 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress. c ornell. e du. First published 2019 by Cornell University Press Printed in the United States of Amer i ca Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Hughes, Sara, 1981– author. Title: Repowering cities : governing climate change mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto / Sara Hughes. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018059406 (print) | LCCN 2019000200 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501740428 (pdf) | ISBN 9781501740435 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501740411 | ISBN 9781501740411 (cloth ; alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Climate change mitigation— Government policy— New York (State)— New York— Case studies. | Climate change mitigation— Government policy— California— Los Angeles— Case studies. | Climate change mitigation— Government policy— Ontario— Toronto— Case studies. Classification: LCC QC903.2.U6 (ebook) | LCC QC903.2.U6 H84 2019 (print) | DDC 363.738/74561— dc23 LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2018059406 For Jean- Luc, whose support is tremendous in all ways, and Pascal and Josephine, who may one day benefit from our efforts to address climate change Contents Introduction: The Shifting Ambitions and Positions of City Governments 1 1. Pro gress or Pipe Dream? Cities and Climate Change Mitigation 17 2. Evaluating Urban Governance: A Three- Part Framework 46 3. Made to Mea sure: Tracing Unique Climate Policy Agendas in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto 79 4. The Means Behind the Methods: Governing Strategies to Reduce Green house Gas Emissions 116 5. Are We There Yet? Identifying and Evaluating Urban Pro gress on Climate Change Mitigation 148 Conclusion: Prospects and Consequences of Repowering Cities 165 Acknowl edgments 181 Notes 185 References 191 Index 209 REPOWERING CITIES
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