The Sustainable Urban Development Reader (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Wheeler, Stephen M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This thoroughly revised and updated Fourth Edition of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader combines classic and contemporary readings to provide a broad introduction to the topic that is accessible to general and undergraduate audiences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000818512
• Artikelnr.: 66653205

Autorenporträt

Stephen M. Wheeler, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of California at Davis, and Chair of the university's Community Development Graduate Group.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction

1. Origins of the Sustainability Concept

2. Dimensions of Urban Sustainability

Addressing the Climate Crisis

Providing Sustainable Mobility

Managing Land and Designing Places

Restoring Ecosystems and Greening the City

Ensuring Affordable Housing and Inclusion

Promoting Social and Environmental Justice

Rethinking Economic Development and Capitalism

Building Green

Creating Healthy Environments and Food Systems

Envisioning Healthy Democracy

3. Tools for Sustainability Planning

4. Urban Sustainability in the Developing World

5. Visions of Sustainable Community

6. Sustainability Planning Pedagogy

7. Class Exercises

8. Examples of Urban Sustainability

Rezensionen

There is no other book that does exactly the same thing - a reader with excerpts from both historic milestones in the sustainability literature to current writings that cover trends in urban sustainability.

Ola Johansson. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, US

I appreciate the global perspective.

Ola Johansson. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, US

Intellectual depth is a strength -the intellectual history is important here and well covered. The inclusion of teaching materials and the expansion of such materials in the proposed 4^th edition would be a huge asset.

Professor Robert O. Vos, University of Southern California, Dornsife, US

Many topics are covered. It is difficult to find a textbook that isn't too focused on a narrow aspect of urban sustainability, or one specific region of the world. Many perspectives are represented, both historical and contemporary,

Jennifer Rogalsky, State University of New York Geneseo, US

I think the biggest strength is the combination of classic and contemporary readings.

Professor Carlos E. Restrepo, NYU, Wagner, US