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245 0 0 _aHandbook of cities and the environment /
_cedited by Kevin Archer, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Central Washington University, USA, Kris Bezdecny, Department of Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, USA.
264 4 _cc2016.
_aCheltenham, UK ;
_aNorthampton, MA :
_bEE, Edward Elgar Publishing,
300 _aviii, 464 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction / 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.
650 0 _aUrban ecology (Sociology)
_vHandbooks, manuals, etc.
700 1 _aArcher, Kevin,
_eeditor.
700 1 _aBezdecny, Kris,
_eeditor.
856 4 2 _3Table of contents
_uhttp://www.openisbn.com/isbn/1784712256/
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