Urban Environmentalism : Global Change and the Mediation of Local Conflict.

Urban Environmentalism : Global Change and the Mediation of Local Conflict.

Looks at how environmental issues have shaped the development of cities, examining the political, social and economic factors at play on both an international and a local scale.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brand, Peter
Other Authors: Thomas, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urbanization > Environmental aspects.
City planning > Environmental aspects.
Globalization > Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Environmental justice.
urban environments.
sustainable development.
City planning > Environmental aspects
Environmental justice
Globalization > Environmental aspects
Sustainable development
Urbanization > Environmental aspects
Stadtökologie
Stadtplanung
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Table of Contents:
  • Urban EnvironmentalismGlobal change and themediation of local conflict; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Urban change and the environment: into the twenty-first century; Urbanization and the environment; Sustainable cities: critics and sceptics; Understanding sustainability; Sustainable development and the globalization of capital; Globalization, neoliberalism and urban development; The social agenda of urban environmentalism; Urban environmentalism and the management of conflict; Chapter 2 Urban environmental agendas; Introduction.
  • Sustainable development and citiesGetting there: a brief history of urban environmental agendas; Cities, space and planning; The social agenda; Conclusions; Chapter 3 The environment and postmodern spatial consciousness; Sustainable cities and postmodern lives; Environmentalism and postmodernity; Ontological insecurity; Risk; Survival; Ethics; Sociality/solidarity; Individualization; Urban integration and governability; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Discourse, power and the environment as urban ideology; Introduction; Discourse and the shaping of urban reality.
  • Discourse analysis, planning and social changeThe environment as urban ideology; Conclusions; Chapter 5 Urban environmentalism in action 1: competitiveness and the quality of life in Birmingham, UK; Introduction; Urban discourse: economic restructuring, planning and the environment; Institutions: the regulation of environmental quality and welfare; Socio-spatial form: city greening up- and down-market; Conclusions; Chapter 6 Urban environmentalism in action 2: democracy and participation in Lodz, Poland; Introduction; Urban discourse: the environment in transition.
  • Institutions and the (de)mobilization of meaning in the transition periodSpatial form: getting into (the environmental) line?; Conclusions; Chapter 7 Urban environmentalism in action 3: defusing violence in Medellin, Colombia; Introduction; Urban planning discourse: environments of harmony and peaceful coexistence; The institutional mobilization and control of meaning; Socio-economic transformations and non-discursive practices; Conclusions; Chapter 8 Conclusions; References; Index.

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