Cities and nature / Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie Short
- Bib ID:
- 4317976
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Benton-Short, Lisa
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- London : Routledge, 2007
- 281 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780415355889
- 0415355885
- 9780415355896
- 0415355893
- 9780203002322
- 0203002326
- Series:
- Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city.
- Summary:
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"Cities and Nature illustrates how the city is part of the environment, and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. The city has been treated in geographical writings as only a social phenomena, and at the same time, environmental scientists have tended to ignore the urban. This book aims to reconnect the science and social science through the examination of the urban. It critiques the dominant academic discourse which ignores the environmental base of urban life and living, and discusses the urban natural environment and how this is subjected to social influences."
"Cities and Nature clearly illustrates the physical and social elements of the urban environment and shows how these are important to examining the city. It includes further reading and boxed case studies on Bangladesh, Paris, Delhi, Rome, Cubatao, Thailand, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans and Toronto. This book will be an asset to students and researchers in Environmental Studies, Urban Studies and Planning."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- The city and nature : an introduction
- Environmental issues in cities : a brief history
- The industrial city
- Contemporary urbanization and environmental dynamics
- Urban sites
- Cities, environmental hazards, and disasters
- Urban ecology
- Water pollution and the city
- Air pollution and the city
- Garbage and the city
- Race, class, and environmental justice
- Sustainable urban development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Short, John R
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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