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Urbanization and Sustainability
. Ed(S): Boone, Christopher G.; Fragkias, Michail
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Description for Urbanization and Sustainability
Paperback. 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. Editor(s): Boone, Christopher G.; Fragkias, Michail. Series: Human-Environment Interactions. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: J; RG; RNU; YQS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 343.
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 São Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepción 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.
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 São Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepción 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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Series
Human-Environment Interactions
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400792104
SKU
V9789400792104
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Urbanization and Sustainability
From the reviews: “This collection of 11 essays is a fine contribution to the burgeoning body of literature concerned with environmental issues. Editors Boone and Fragkias have assembled a useful and intriguing mixture of essays with the ultimate goal of achieving an interdisciplinary synthesis for further discussion and contemplation. … Those based in the disciplines of geography and sociology ... Read more