TY - BOOK AU - Archer,Kevin AU - Bezdecny,Kris TI - Handbook of cities and the environment SN - 9781784712259 (hbk.) U1 - 304.2091732 HAN 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - EE, Edward Elgar Publishing KW - Urban ecology (Sociology) KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Kris Bezdecny -- Urban imaginaries of city and nature / John Rennie Short -- Re-naturing cities: great promises, deadlock...and new beginnings? / Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika -- Urban resilience, the local and the politics of the Anthropocene: reflections on the future of the urban environment / Lazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini -- North American and European sustainable urbanism: toward a theoretical model for sustainable urban design / Rafael E. Pizarro -- Sustainable urban futures: contested transitions and creative pathways / Joe Ravetz -- Towards an urban metabolic analysis of the informal city / Louise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castán Broto -- Urbanization, climate change, and regional integration in the Mekong / Richard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga -- Urban resilience to climate change challenges in Africa / Robert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith -- Urban flooding, vulnerability, and justice / Donald Houston -- The group and ideological bases of local sustainability policies and programs / Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry -- Green space in urban sustainability plans: trends and best practices / Lisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland -- Mending fences: constituting urban subjects through envronmental stewardship / Nate Gabriel -- "Restoring" Seattle's river: competing conceptions of the Duwamish socio-nature / Kevin Archer and Kris Bezdecny -- City sensing and urban aesthetics / Jennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt -- Making Moorhen / Ryan Jones -- The new urban assertions: no prospect there / Kathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson -- Sustainability and the city / Timothy W. Luke UR - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/1784712256/ ER -