| Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Accessible, Green and Fair Contributor(s): Simon, David (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1447332849 ISBN-13: 9781447332848 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $19.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy - Business & Economics | Development - Sustainable Development |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.50 lbs) 152 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Sustainable urbanisation has moved to the forefront of global debate, research and policy agendas over recent years. Rapid urbanisation throughout China, India and many other low and middle income countries poses new challenges both locally and internationally at a time when urban areas worldwide are threatened by climate/environmental change. This compact book is designed to make a signal contribution to the sustainable urbanisation agenda through authoritative interventions contextualising, assessing and explaining clearly the relevance and importance of three central characteristics of sustainable towns and cities everywhere, namely that they should be accessible, green and fair. These three terms form key tenets of the work of Mistra Urban Futures (MUF), an international research centre on sustainable urbanisation based in Gothenburg, Sweden, and working through transdisciplinary research platforms there, in Greater Manchester (UK), Cape Town (South Africa) and Kisumu (Kenya). Additional platforms are being established in southern Sweden, Asia and Africa. |
Contributor Bio(s): Simon, David: - David Simon is director of Mistra Urban Futures at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, and professor of development geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. |