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Cities and Nature: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

Autor Lisa Benton-Short, John Rennie Short
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2013
Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban political ecology; the role of the city in climate change; and sustainability.
The book explores the historical relationship between cities and nature, contemporary challenges to this relationship, and attempts taken to create more sustainable cities. The historical context situates urban development and its impact on the environment, and in turn the environmental impact on people in cities. This provides a foundation from which to understand contemporary issues, such as urban political ecology, hazards and disasters, water quality and supply, air pollution and climate change. The book then considers sustainability and how it has been informed by different theoretical approaches. Issues of environmental justice and the role of gender and race are explored. The final chapter examines the ways in which cities are practicing sustainability, from light "greening" efforts such as planting trees, to more comprehensive sustainability plans that integrate the multiple dimensions of sustainability.
The text contains case studies from around the globe, with many drawn from cities in the developing world, as well as reviews of recent research, updated and expanded further reading to highlight relevant films, websites and journal articles. This book is an asset to students and researchers in geography, environmental studies, urban studies and planning and sustainability.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415625562
ISBN-10: 0415625564
Pagini: 544
Ilustrații: 80 black & white illustrations, 38 black & white tables, 55 black & white halftones, 25 black & white line drawings
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Chapter 1. The City and Nature: An Introduction  Part I: The Urban Environment in History  Chapter 2. The Pre-Industrial City  Chapter 3. The Industrial City  Part II: The Contemporary Urban Context  Chapter 4. Global Urban Trends  Chapter 5. The Postindustrial City  Chapter 6. The Developing City  Part III: Urban Physical Systems  Chapter 7. Urban Sites  Chapter 8. Hazards and Disasters  Chapter 9. Urban Political Ecology  Part IV: Urban Environmental Issues  Chapter 10. The Urban Environmental Revolution: A Brief Context  Chapter 11. Water  Chapter 12. Air  Chapter 13. Climate Change  Chapter 14. Garbage  Part V: (Re)aligning Urban-Nature Relations  Chapter 15. Race, Class and Environmental Justice  Chapter 16. Urban Sustainability

Recenzii

"Cities and Nature is a forceful treatise that uses a socio-historical frame to connect environmentalism with social justice and political action, using graphic and revealing cases studies from around the globe. A must read for those interested in geography, urban sociology, environmental justice, political ecology, city and regional planning, public policy and sustainability." Robert D. Bullard, Dean of the Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University, USA.
"This book expertly demonstrates how the urbanization of nature produces socio-ecologically highly uneven outcomes and points at the various ways in which urban natures are politicized. Essential reading for those interested in understanding cities as socio-ecological assemblages and in producing more livable urban futures." Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK.
"The text admirably conveys the specifically urban nature of urban environments, past and present. This is not an environmental studies book that just happens to focus on cities; to the contrary, the urban itself is robustly conceptualised and explicated." Laura Barraclough, Yale University, USA

Descriere

The book is organized around three central themes of urban environment in historical context; contemporary issues in urban-nature relations and; realigning urban-nature relations. The historical context situates urban development and its impact on the environment, and in turn the environmental impact on people in cities. This is important to document as it provides a foundation from which to understand contemporary issues. The second part of the book focuses on critical contemporary issues that include an examination of urban ecology, hazards and disasters, water quality and supply, air pollution and climate change, and garbage. Part three considers the discourse of sustainability and how it has been informed by different theoretical approaches. This section also documents issues of environmental justice and the role of gender and race in sustainability discourse. The last chapter explores the ways in which cities are practicing sustainability—from light "greening" efforts such as planting trees, to more comprehensive sustainability plans that integrate the multiple dimensions of sustainability.