Julian Agyeman

Introducing Just Sustainabilities (eBook, ePUB)

Policy, Planning, and Practice

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This unique and insightful text offers an exploration of the origins and subsequent development of the concept of just sustainability.

Introducing Just Sustainabilities discusses key topics, such as food justice, sovereignty and urban agriculture; community, space, place(making) and spatial justice; the democratization of our streets and public spaces; how to create culturally inclusive spaces; intercultural cities and social inclusion; green-collar jobs and the just transition; and alternative economic models, such as co-production. With a specific focus on solutions-oriented policy and planning initiatives that specifically address issues of equity and justice within the context of developing sustainable communities, this is the essential introduction to just sustainabilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781780324104
• Artikelnr.: 38413325

Autorenporträt

Julian Agyeman is a Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning and Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate at Tufts University, USA. He is the originator of the increasingly influential concept of just sustainabilities, which explores the intersecting goals of social justice and environmental sustainability. With over 150 publications, he is the author, co-author or co-editor of 13 books, including Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice (Zed Books, 2013).