Urbanization and Sustainability : Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Boone, Christopher G. (Editor ), Fragkias, Michail. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Human-Environment Interactions, 3
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.