From sustainable to resilient cities : global concerns and urban efforts / editor ; William G. Holt.

Contributor(s):

Holt, William G [editor.]

Series: Research in urban sociology ; volume 14 | Research in urban sociology ; volume 14Publisher: Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014Description: xi, 357 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781784410582 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

23 307.116 FRO 012130

Contents:

pt. I SUSTAINABILITY Introduction ch. 1 Sustainable Cities In Flux: Continuity, Comparisons, And Conceptions / Yifei Li pt. II ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ch. 2 Coping With Natural Disasters And Urban Risk: An Approach To Urban Sustainability From Socio-Environmental Fragmentation And Urban Vulnerability Assessment / Katrin Barth ch. 3 Towards Sustainable Urban And Regional Planning: Experiences From The Netherlands / Bart Wissink ch. 4 Residential Landscapes, Environmental Sustainability And Climate Change / Susannah B. Lerman pt. III ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY ch. 5 Urban Crisis Within Environmental And Industrial Policies In Italy: The Case Of The Steel Industry In Taranto / Mara Maretti ch. 6 Sustainable Cities In Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case Of Bishkek / Daniel M. Cartledge Contents note continued: ch. 7 Sustainability Challenges And The Spatial Manifestation Of Poverty In Megacities Of The Global South: Focus On Dhaka, Bangladesh / Khan Rubayet Rahaman pt. IV SOCIO-POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY ch. 8 Smart Growth Machines: The Ecological Modernization Of Urban Political Economy / Erik Solevad Nielsen ch. 9 Creating New Urban Spaces Of Sustainability And Governmentality: An Assessment Of The Development Of A Food And Urban Agriculture Strategy For Edmonton, Canada / Deborah Schrader ch. 10 Linea Verde, An Axis Road In Aguascalientes, Mexico / Edna Liliana Gomez Fernandez ch. 11 Barriers To Sustainability: Gendered Divisions Of Labor In Cuban Urban Agriculture / Christina Ergas pt. V CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY ch. 12 Do You Know What It Means To Rebuild New Orleans? Cultural Sustainability After Disaster / William G. Holt Contents note continued: ch. 13 "The World Is My Backyard": Romanticization, Thoreauvian Rhetoric, And Constructive Confrontation In The Tiny House Movement / April Anson ch. 14 Becoming A European Green Capital: A Way Towards Sustainability? / Ilaria Beretta pt. VI CONCLUSIONS.

Summary: This edited volume addresses sustainability efforts in cities and metropolitan regions around the world; focusing on four key areas: environment, economic, sociopolitical, and cultural sustainability. It includes chapters about applications to urban regions focusing on the movement from sustainable development to resilient urban centers.

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Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	307.116 FRO 012130 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		012130

Includes bibliographical references.

pt. I SUSTAINABILITY
Introduction
ch. 1 Sustainable Cities In Flux: Continuity, Comparisons, And Conceptions / Yifei Li
pt. II ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ch. 2 Coping With Natural Disasters And Urban Risk: An Approach To Urban Sustainability From Socio-Environmental Fragmentation And Urban Vulnerability Assessment / Katrin Barth
ch. 3 Towards Sustainable Urban And Regional Planning: Experiences From The Netherlands / Bart Wissink
ch. 4 Residential Landscapes, Environmental Sustainability And Climate Change / Susannah B. Lerman
pt. III ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY
ch. 5 Urban Crisis Within Environmental And Industrial Policies In Italy: The Case Of The Steel Industry In Taranto / Mara Maretti
ch. 6 Sustainable Cities In Post-Soviet Central Asia: The Case Of Bishkek / Daniel M. Cartledge
Contents note continued: ch. 7 Sustainability Challenges And The Spatial Manifestation Of Poverty In Megacities Of The Global South: Focus On Dhaka, Bangladesh / Khan Rubayet Rahaman
pt. IV SOCIO-POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY
ch. 8 Smart Growth Machines: The Ecological Modernization Of Urban Political Economy / Erik Solevad Nielsen
ch. 9 Creating New Urban Spaces Of Sustainability And Governmentality: An Assessment Of The Development Of A Food And Urban Agriculture Strategy For Edmonton, Canada / Deborah Schrader
ch. 10 Linea Verde, An Axis Road In Aguascalientes, Mexico / Edna Liliana Gomez Fernandez
ch. 11 Barriers To Sustainability: Gendered Divisions Of Labor In Cuban Urban Agriculture / Christina Ergas
pt. V CULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY
ch. 12 Do You Know What It Means To Rebuild New Orleans? Cultural Sustainability After Disaster / William G. Holt
Contents note continued: ch. 13 "The World Is My Backyard": Romanticization, Thoreauvian Rhetoric, And Constructive Confrontation In The Tiny House Movement / April Anson
ch. 14 Becoming A European Green Capital: A Way Towards Sustainability? / Ilaria Beretta
pt. VI CONCLUSIONS.

This edited volume addresses sustainability efforts in cities and metropolitan regions around the world; focusing on four key areas: environment, economic, sociopolitical, and cultural sustainability. It includes chapters about applications to urban regions focusing on the movement from sustainable development to resilient urban centers.

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