Urban sustainability : a global perspective /
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| Imprint: | East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2013. |
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| Description: | xxvii, 685 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8949089 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Overview
- Advancing toward Urban Sustainability: The Pursuit of Equity
- Urban Environmental Management in Shanghai: A Multiscale Perspective
- The Urban Expansion and Sustainability Challenge of Cities in China's West: The Case of Urumqi
- Sustainable Manufacturing in Nagoya: Exploring the Dynamics of Japan's Competitive Advantage
- The Sufficiency Economy, Sustainable Development, and Agricultural Towns in Thailand: The Case of Nang Rong
- Deconcentration in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area: Governance, Markets, and the Quest for Sustainability
- The Crisis of Consociational Democracy in Beirut: Conflict Transformation and Sustainability through Electoral Reform
- Segmentation and Enclavization in Urban Development: The Sustainable City in India
- Urban Sustainability and Automobile Dependence in an Australian Context
- Urban Sustainability Rhetoric and Neoliberal Realities: Durban-A City in Transition
- Residential Marginality, Erasure, and Intractability in Addis Ababa
- Water Provision for and by the Peri-urban Poor: Public-Community Partnerships or Citizens Coproduction?
- Economic Reorganization, Social Transformation, and Urban Sustainability in Argentina: The Case of Metropolitan Buenos Aires
- Urban Renewal, Favelas, and Guanabara Bay: Environmental Justice and Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro
- Neoliberal Restructuring, Poverty, and Urban Sustainability in Kingston, Jamaica
- Housing and Urban Sustainability: A Los Angeles Case Study
- The Colors That Shaped a City: The Role of Racial and Class Tensions in Inhibiting Urban Sustainability, the Detroit Context
- The Role of Ethnicity and Race in Supporting Sustainable Urban Environments
- Recent Planning and Development in Toronto: Moving Toward Smart Growth?
- Planning for Sustainable Development in Montreal: A Qualified Success
- Oil for Food-Energy, Equity, and Evolution of Urban Supermarket Locations: An Edmonton, Alberta, Case Study
- Green Sustainable Øresund Region: Or Eco-Branding Copenhagen and Malmö?
- Urban Sustainability in the United Kingdom
- Sustainable Development in Portugal: An Analysis of Lisbon and Porto
- Sustainable Development in Traditional Harbor Communities: The Case of Genoa and Naples
- Contributors
