Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis

This book explores the environmental, economic, and socio-political dynamics of sustainability from a geographic perspective. The chapters unite the often disparate worlds of environment, economics, and politics by seeking to understand and visualize a range of sustainability practices on the ground...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Gatrell, Jay D. (Editor ), Jensen, Ryan R. (Editor ), Patterson, Mark W. (Editor ), Hoalst-Pullen, Nancy (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Geotechnologies and the Environment, 14
Temas:
Sociology, Urban.
Physical geography.
Environment.
Sustainability.
Urban Sociology.
Physical Geography.
Environmental Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Environmental Change and Urban Morphology
  • Urban Stream Management
  • Ecosystem services assessment from the mountain to the sea: A multidisciplinary method for defining ecosystem service indicators across landscape units
  • Best Practices for Measuring Urban Forest Dynamics Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data
  • Changing Urban Forest Dynamics in a Semi-Arid City
  • Mapping and Sustainability of Urban and Suburban Parks
  • Mapping stream removal and convergence in urban watersheds
  • Managing Sustainability in National Parks
  • Part 2 Economic Change, Industry, and Sustainable Local Alternatives
  • The Role of Social Networks in Building a Local Food System
  • Urban Mining
  • Where are the garden(er)s? Examining gardener motivations and community garden participation-sheds in Austin, Texas
  • Is sustainability brewing for microbreweries and brewpubs in the U.S.?
  • The Food Hub as a Strategy for Small Farmers
  • GIS, Transportation, and Sustainable Economic Development in Atlanta
  • Part 3 Socio-Political Change and Adaptation
  • Is Urban Sustainability possible in post-Katrina New Orleans
  • Mapping Environmental Justice: A framework for understanding sustainability at the neighborhood scale in Indianapolis
  • Unmanned Systems and Managing from Above
  • Urban Greening as a Social Movement
  • Decision making and sustainability in built environments
  • Conclusion. .

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