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Urbanization and Sustainability Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change /
"The grand challenge for the coming decades will be to transform the ways we think about and act upon the relationship between people and the environment in order to transition towards a sustainable future." - from the preface Urbanization and Sustainability: Linking Urban Ecology, Environ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Colección: | Human-Environment Interactions,
3 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- 1. Urbanization and Sustainability: The 'Why' and 'How' of Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Global Environmental Change
- 2. What is a City? An Essential Definition for Sustainability
- 3. Ecology and Environmental Justice: Understanding Disturbance Using Ecological Theory
- 4. Connecting Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Vulnerability
- 5. Urban Ecology and Nature's Services Infrastructure: Policy Implications of the Million Trees Initiative of The City of Los Angeles
- 6. Risky Business: Cap-and-Trade, Public Health, and Environmental Justice
- 7. Urbanization, Environmental Justice and Social-Environmental Vulnerability in Brazil
- 8. Environmental Inequality in São Paulo City: An Analysis of Differential Exposure of Social Groups to Situations of Environmental Risk
- 9. Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-Ecological Justice in Chile's Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Spatial Planning Instruments.- 10. Double Exposure in the Sunbelt: The Sociospatial Distribution of Vulnerability in Phoenix, Arizona
- 11. Climate Change, Urban Flood Vulnerability and Responsibility in Taipei
- Index.