Cities and nature / Lisa Benton Short and John Rnnie Short

By:

Benton-Short, Lisa

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the CityPublication details: Routledge, 2013. Oxon:Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 521 pISBN:

9780415625562

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DDC classification:

307.76 BEN-C

Contents:

Part I Trends- 1. The City and Nature: an Introduction-- 2. The Pre-Industrial City --3. The Industrial City --4. Global Urban Trends-- 5. The Post Industrial City --6. The Developing City-- Part II: Urban Environmental Issues-- 7. Urban Sites --8. Hazards and Disasters-- 9. Urban Ecology-- 10. Water Pollution --11. Air Pollution-- 12. Cities and Climate-- 13. Garbage --Part III Re-aligning Urban-Nature Relations --14. Sustainability-- 15. Race, Class and Environmental Justice --16. Practicing Urban Sustainability Postscript

Summary: Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB E-1	Non Fiction	307.76 BEN-C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		007179

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Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban

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