Adventures in sustainable urbanism

Adventures in sustainable urbanism / edited by Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner

In the context of urban sustainable development, the "details" of sustainability's current expressions perpetuate environmental injustice, untenable growth, and the destruction of functioning ecosystems. In response to this state of affairs, Adventures in Sustainable Urbanism aims to...

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Other Authors: Krueger, Robert, 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York, [2019]
Subjects:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
City planning > Environmental aspects.
urban environments.
Business & Economics > Urban & Regional.
City planning > Environmental aspects
Stadtplanung
Stadtentwicklung
Nachhaltigkeit
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : global transformations, cities, and the new sustainability consensus / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner
  • Constructing sustainable development / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag and Samuel Mössner
  • The rise of sustainable urban development / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner
  • A tale of two cities : Christchurch, New Zealand, and sustainable urban disaster recovery / Tim Baird and C. Michael Hall
  • Reworking Newtown Creek / Winifred Curran and Trina Hamilton
  • From sprawling cowtown to social sustainability pioneer : the sustainability journey of Calgary, Alberta / Freya Kristensen
  • The greenest city experience : exploring social action and social sustainability in Vancouver, Canada / Marit Rosol and Cristina Temenos
  • Introducing Luxembourg : ephemeral sustainabilities / Constance Carr
  • Montpellier Écocité : from growth machine to sustainability? / David Giband
  • Building ecopolis in the world's factory : a field note on Sino-Singapore Tianjin eco-city / I-Chun Catherine Chang
  • Sustainable empire? / Michal Kohout
  • Middle-class family enclavism and solidarity from a distance notes from a field of contradictions in Dortmund, Germany / Susanne Frank
  • A conclusion? Or, toward a new beginning? / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner

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