Urbanization and Sustainability : Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change - Boone, Christopher G.; Fragkias, Michail; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Contents -- 1. Urbanization and Sustainability: The 'Why' and 'How' of Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Global Environmental Change -- 2. What is a City? An Essential Definition for Sustainability -- 3. Ecology and Environmental Justice: Understanding Disturbance Using Ecological Theory -- 4. Connecting Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Vulnerability -- 5. Urban Ecology and Nature's Services Infrastructure: Policy Implications of the Million Trees Initiative of The City of Los Angeles -- 6. Risky Business: Cap-and-Trade, Public Health, and Environmental Justice -- 7. Urbanization, Environmental Justice and Social-Environmental Vulnerability in Brazil -- 8. Environmental Inequality in São Paulo City: An Analysis of Differential Exposure of Social Groups to Situations of Environmental Risk -- 9. Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-Ecological Justice in Chile's Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Spatial Planning Instruments.-  10. Double Exposure in the Sunbelt: The Sociospatial Distribution of Vulnerability in Phoenix, Arizona -- 11. Climate Change, Urban Flood Vulnerability and Responsibility in Taipei -- Index.
Keywords: Environment; Social sciences; Geography; Climate change; Sustainable development; Environment, general; Social Sciences, general; Geography, general; Climate Change Management and Policy; Sustainable Development; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary