Sixty percent of the population will be urban by 2030. Carbon dioxide will cause air temperatures to rise. The author is an economist and optimistically expects a successful capitalist response from many innovations. There are several lessons. Each city will respond differently. There will be migration, rebuilding and booms in the aftermaths. Government activism increases risk-taking, taxes go up and corruption degrades quality. Climate models vary on predictions of rates and amounts of sea level rise which will impact coastlines. The scenarios for NYC, LA and China are looked at in depth. There are nine chapters. Also see synopses: http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5495 and
http://volokh.com/2010/09/20/climatopolis-how-our-cities-will-thrive-in-the-hotter-world/  

Review: Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

Here is an interesting take (from my point of view) on climate change. How will cities adapt to climate change? This is the fundamental question the author, an economist, seeks to answer. Kahn ... Read full review

Review: Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

A fun book to read and to argue with. His reliance on people being able to make individual choices to adapt to or escape from cities that are likely to be susceptible to climate change and the private ... Read full review

Review: Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

Almost bipolar writing: on the one hand, good examples of government policies that make it difficult to adjust to climate change (non-market pricing for water, bad zoning, low gas taxes) and an ... Read full review

Review: Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

So *that's* why conservatives don't care about climate change. Worth the read (it's surprisingly quick) but remarkably selfish and unconvincing Read full review

Review: Climatopolis: How Our Cities Will Thrive in the Hotter Future

A free market economist thinks Capitalism (the cause of environmental crises) will solve the environmental crisis. The book was fun to read, though, and was good for reinforcing why I don't agree with him. Read full review