Repowering Cities: Governing Climate Change Mitigation in New York City, Los Angeles, and Toronto

225 Pages·2019·3.057 MB·English

by  Sara Hughes

REPOWERING CITIES

REPOWERING
CITIES
Governing Climate Change
Mitigation in New York City,
Los Angeles, and Toronto
Sara Hughes
CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS ITHACA AND LONDON
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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