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Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South
. Ed(S): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johnson, Cassidy
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Hardback. Editor(s): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johnson, Cassidy. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 31 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This edited volume provides a fresh perspective on the important yet often neglected relationship between environmental justice and urban resilience. Many scholars have argued that resilient cities are more just cities. But what if the process of increasing the resilience of the city as a whole happens at the expense of the rights of certain groups? If urban resilience focuses on the degree to which cities are able to reorganise in creative ways and adapt to shocks, do pervasive inequalities in access to environmental services have an effect on this ability? This book brings together an interdisciplinary and intergeneration group ... Read more
This edited volume provides a fresh perspective on the important yet often neglected relationship between environmental justice and urban resilience. Many scholars have argued that resilient cities are more just cities. But what if the process of increasing the resilience of the city as a whole happens at the expense of the rights of certain groups? If urban resilience focuses on the degree to which cities are able to reorganise in creative ways and adapt to shocks, do pervasive inequalities in access to environmental services have an effect on this ability? This book brings together an interdisciplinary and intergeneration group ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137473530
SKU
V9781137473530
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About . Ed(S): Allen, Adriana; Griffin, Liza; Johnson, Cassidy
Adriana Allen is Professor of Urban Sustainability and Development Planning at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK, where she leads the Research Cluster on Environmental Justice, Urbanisation and Resilience. Liza Griffin is Lecturer at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit, University College London, UK, where she co-directs the MSc in Environment and Sustainable Development. Cassidy Johnson is Senior ... Read more
Reviews for Environmental Justice and Urban Resilience in the Global South
“The volume is distinctive amid other literature in this field in its focus on the connection of resilience to environmental justice in the Global South. … The book will be most useful to researchers in environmental justice, particularly in the developing world, but also to those interested more generally in how resilience is being approached in a global context.” (Christopher ... Read more