Urban environmentalism : global change and the mediation of local conflict /

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Author / Creator:Brand, Peter Charles. author
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:xvi, 237 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5716225
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Other authors / contributors:Thomas, Michael J., 1933-
ISBN:0415304806 (alk. paper)
0415304814 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-232) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Urban change and the environment : into the twenty-first century
  • 2. Urban environmental agendas
  • 3. The environment and postmodern spatial consciousness
  • 4. Discourse, power and the environment as urban ideology
  • 5. Urban environmentalism in action 1 : competitiveness and the quality of life in Birmingham, UK
  • 6. Urban environmentalism in action 2 : democracy and participation in Lodz, Poland
  • 7. Urban environmentalism in action 3 : defusing violence in Medellin, Colombia
  • 8. Conclusions.