Climate Chaos

Foreword: A Human Ecological World View
Bobby William Austin

Prologue: Our Common Home: A guide to Caring for Our Living Planet
Pope Francis
A Joint Initiative of the Holy See, Pope Francis, and the Stockholm Environment Institute

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Climate Chaos: The Battle Between Science and the Corporate Merchants of Doubt
John Hans Gilderbloom

Part I. National Studies on the Impact of Pollution

Chapter 2: The Missing Link of Air Pollution: A Closer Look at the Association Between Place and Life Expectancy in 146 Mid-Sized Cities
John Gilderbloom, William Riggs, Chad Frederick, Gregory Squires, and Karrie Ann Quenichet

Chapter 3: What Cities are Most Dangerous to Your Life Expectancy? Toward a Methodology of Livability
John Hans Gilderbloom, Christopher Bird, Gregory Squires, Chad Frederick, Ellen Slaten, Karrie Ann Quenichet, Carla J. Snyder, Robert Friedland, and William Riggs

Chapter 4: Pollution and the Pandemic: Explaining Differences in COVID-19 Rates across 146 U.S. Communities
Wesley Meares, John I Hans Gilderbloom, Gregory D. Squires, and Antwan Jones

Chapter 5: Automobile Addiction Kills the Earth: The Need for Multimodality
Chad Frederick, William Riggs, and John Gilderbloom

Chapter 6: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Need for Renewable Energies
Stephen A. Roosa

Part II. Local Studies on the Negative Impact of Pollution

Chapter 7: How to Do a Pollution Audit in Your City
Russell Barnett, John Gilderbloom, and Bunny Hayes

Chapter 8: âMama, I canât breathe.â Louisvilleâs Dirty Air Has Steep Medical and Economic Costs
John Hans Gilderbloom, Gregory D. Squires, Bunny Hayes, and Wesley L. Meares

Chapter 9: Pollution, Place, and Premature Death: Evidence from a Mid-Sized City
Authors: John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley Meares, and Gregory Squires

Chapter 10: How Brownfield Sites Kill Places and People: An Examination of Neighborhood Housing Values, Foreclosures, Crime and Lifespan
John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley L. Meares, and William Riggs

Part III. Neighborhood and City Efforts to Combat Climate Change

Chapter 11: Part 1: How to Make Our Schools Greener and Our Students Smarter
John Gilderbloom, Stephen Roosa, Isaiah Kingsberry, and Jennifer Stekardis
Part 2: The Impact of Air Pollution on Public School Achievement
John Hans Gilderbloom, Isaiah Kingsberry, Gregory D. Squires, and Charlie Zhang

Chapter 12: Will Planting Eight Billion More Trees Solve Climate Chaos? No!
Elliott Grantz, John Hans Gilderbloom, Justin Mog, Charlie Zhang, and Avery Kahl

Chapter 13: Does Walkability Matter? Exploring the Relationship Between Walkability and Housing, Foreclosure, Health, and Reducing Greenhouse Gases
John Hans Gilderbloom, William W. Riggs, and Wesley L. Meares

Chapter 14: Biking is the Best Choice for Health, Safety, and Zero Emissions
John Hans Gilderbloom, Justin Mog, and Zach Kenitzer

Chapter 15: Designing and Building Affordable and Attractive Housing for Working People
John Hans Gilderbloom, Wesley Meares, and RaâDesha Williams

Chapter 16: Portland, The Best Livable City in America: Equity, Health, and Safety
John Gilderbloom, Garlynn Woodsong, and Porter Stevens

Chapter 17: Amsterdam: Planning and Policy in the Worldâs Most Livable City
John Hans Gilderbloom, and Matthew Hanka

Chapter 18: Historic Preservation as a Sustainability Strategy to Foster Pro-Environmental Cultures
John Hans Gilderbloom, Matthew Hanka, and Joshua Ambrosius

Part IV. Put a Mask on Pollution

Chapter 19: Climate of Hope: Cities Leading the Way
John Hans Gilderbloom and Chris Nolan

Epilogue: Al Goreâs Speech at the Opening of the World Leaders Summit at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on November 7, 2022

A Prayer for Our Earth
Pope Francis

Index

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