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 |
| Published: |
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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Table of Contents:
- 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.