Urbanization and sustainability linking urban ecology, environmental justice and global environmental change /
Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curit...
| Other Authors: | Boone, Christopher G., 1964-, Fragkias, Michail, 1976-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
[2013]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 201 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Series: |
Human-environment interactions (Springer (Firm)) ;
v. 3. |
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| Summary: |
Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepción and Valparaiso in Chile; Sociospatial patterns of vulnerability in the American southwest; and Urban flood control and land use planning in Greater Taipei, Taiwan ROC. |
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| Item Description: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 880-01 Towards a New Framework for Urbanization and Sustainability / Michail Fragkias, Christopher G. Boone -- What Is a City? An Essential Definition for Sustainability / Peter J. Marcotullio, William Solecki -- Ecology and Environmental Justice: Understanding Disturbance Using Ecological Theory / Steward T.A. Pickett, Christopher G. Boone -- Connecting Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Vulnerability / Christopher G. Boone, Michail Fragkias -- Urban Ecology and Nature's Services Infrastructure: Policy Implications of the Million Trees Initiative of the City of Los Angeles / Stephanie Pincetl -- Risky Business: Cap-and-Trade, Public Health, and Environmental Justice / Manuel Pastor, Rachel Morello-Frosch, James Sadd -- Urbanization, Environmental Justice, and Social-Environmental Vulnerability in Brazil / Andrea Ferraz Young -- Environmental Inequality in São Paulo City: An Analysis of Differential Exposure of Social Groups to Situations of Environmental Risk / Humberto P.F. Alves, Ricardo Ojima -- Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-ecological Justice in Chile's Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Spatial Planning Instruments / Jonathan R. Barton -- Double Exposure in the Sunbelt: The Sociospatial Distribution of Vulnerability in Phoenix, Arizona / Bob Bolin, Juan Declet Barreto, Michelle Hegmon -- Climate Change, Urban Flood Vulnerability, and Responsibility in Taipei / Li-Fang Chang, Karen C. Seto, Shu-Li Huang. Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepción and Valparaiso in Chile; Sociospatial patterns of vulnerability in the American southwest; and Urban flood control and land use planning in Greater Taipei, Taiwan ROC. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xv, 201 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789400756663 9400756666 9400756658 9789400756656 9781283944953 1283944952 |