Environment & the City

This book brings together scholars from  anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, tourism, architecture and development studies to provide a comprehensive examination of food consumption trends in the cities of Asia and the Pacific, including household food consumption, eating out and food wa..

Global Garbage examines the ways in which garbage, in its diverse forms, is being produced, managed, experienced, imagined, circulated, concealed, and aestheticized in contemporary urban environments and across different creative and cultural practices. The book explores the increasingly complex rel..

Green Gentrification looks at the social consequences of urban "greening" from an environmental justice and sustainable development perspective. Through a comparative examination of five cases of urban greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that such initiatives, while positive for the envi..

Green Gentrification looks at the social consequences of urban "greening" from an environmental justice and sustainable development perspective. Through a comparative examination of five cases of urban greening in Brooklyn, New York, it demonstrates that such initiatives, while positive for the envi..

Cities, rather than nations, have become the key sites of enacting environmental policies. This is due to the combination of an increasing urban population and the increasing amount of action on the part of local government as national governments have failed to act on climate change—cities are the ..

The most prolific and persistent product of the unfolding vision of ‘liveable cities’ and ‘cities for people’ has been the genesis and growth of ‘complete streets;’ a concept and movement that has exploded across the urban planning, transportation planning, environmental policy, sustainable communit..

Just Green Enough is a theoretically rigorous, practical, global and accessible volume exploring, through varied case studies, the complexities of environmental improvement in an era of gentrification as global urban policy. It concludes by suggesting new ways to understand what "green" looks like a..

First published in 1997, this book discusses the interplaying factors environmental issues have on justice and property and other social problems...

Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management...

Based on a major international study, this volume provides a synthesis of scientific knowledge on megacity urbanization on the coast, environmental impacts, risks and management choices, including a focus on adaptation, mitigation and disaster risk management...

Originally published in 1972, Minority Perspectives is the second in a series exploring metropolitan problems within the government structure. The papers included in this report discuss issues such as political power in metropolitan areas, the impact an address can have on economic opportunity for m..

Originally published in 1972, Minority Perspectives is the second in a series exploring metropolitan problems within the government structure. The papers included in this report discuss issues such as political power in metropolitan areas, the impact an address can have on economic opportunity for m..