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Climate Change and Cities. First Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research Network / Ed. by Cynthia Rosenzweig,  William D. Solecki,  Stephen A. Hammer, Shagun Mehrotra, Cambridge University Press, 2011, 312 p. ISBN: 9781107004207http://www.cambridge.org/us/knowledge/isbn/item5760396/Climate%20Change%20and%20Cities/?site_locale=en_USUrban areas are home to over half the world's people and are at the  forefront of the climate change issue. The need for a global research  effort to establish the current understanding of climate change  adaptation and mitigation at the city level is urgent. To meet this goal  a coalition of international researchers – the Urban Climate Change  Research Network (UCCRN) – was formed at the time of the C40 Large  Cities Climate Summit in New York in 2007. This book is the First UCCRN  Assessment Report on Climate Change and Cities. The authors are all  international experts from a diverse range of cities with varying  socio-economic conditions, from both the developing and developed world.  It is invaluable for mayors, city officials and policymakers; urban  sustainability officers and urban planners; and researchers, professors  and advanced students. (© CUP)