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URBANIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
LINKING URBAN ECOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE |
| By: |
Christopher Boone (Editor), Michail Fragkias (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£119.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9400756658 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789400756656 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
23 December, 2012 |
| Edition: |
2013 ed. |
| Series: |
Human-Environment Interactions 3 |
| Pages: |
204 |
| Description: |
Focusing on environmental change, urbanization and justice, this book explores the Million Trees project in Los Angeles; vulnerability in Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso, Chile; sociospatial patterns in the American southwest; flood control in Taipei and more. |
| Synopsis: |
Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and Sao Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepcion and Valparaiso in Chile; Sociospatial patterns of vulnerability in the American southwest; and Urban flood control and land use planning in Greater Taipei, Taiwan ROC. |
| Illustrations: |
XVI, 204 p. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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