TY - GEN AU - Holt,William G. TI - From sustainable to resilient cities: global concerns and urban efforts T2 - Research in urban sociology, SN - 9781784410582 (hardback) U1 - 307.116 FRO 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Bingley PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited KW - Sustainable urban development KW - Sociology, Urban KW - City planning KW - Environmental aspects N1 - 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. N2 - 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 ER -