Overview

With an ever-growing majority of the world's human population living in city-spaces, the relationship between cities and nature will be one of the key environmental issues of the 21st Century. This timely book investigates how the rapidly growing number of city dwellers across the globe relate to their natural environments and what this means for the future of these environments.Offering an interdisciplinary approach to the impacts of urban spaces on the future of the environment, the book is a full-scale attempt to radically rethink the relationship between cities and nature. The editors bring together a diverse set of well-known authors and new voices to explore the various aspects of this relationship both theoretically and empirically. Rather than considering cities as wholly separate from nature, a running theme throughout the book is that cities, and city dwellers, should be characterized as intrinsic in the creation of specifically urban-generated 'socio-natures'. An essential resource for those working at the intersection of cities and the environment, it will be of great value to urbanists, geographers, planners, sociologists, economists, anthropologists, policy makers, public administrators and environmental scientists. Contributors include: K. Archer, L. Benton-Short, J.M. Berry, G. Bettini, K. Bezdecny, J. Bratt, V.C. Broto, K. Davidson, R.M. Friend, N. Gabriel, B. Gleeson, L. Guibrunet, D. Houston, R. Jones, M. Kaika, L. Karaliotas, M. Keeley, J. Kitson, T.W. Luke, R. Pizarro, K.E. Portney, J. Ravetz, J. Rennie Short, J. Rowland, T.G. Smith, E. Swyngedouw, P. Thinphanga, R.H. Wilson

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Author:   Kevin Archer ,  Kris Bezdecny
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.868kg
ISBN:  

9781784712259

ISBN 10:   1784712256
Pages:   480
Publication Date:   30 December 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction Kris Bezdecny and Kevin Archer PART I THEORIZING THE PRODUCTION OF CITY ENVIRONMENTS 2. Urban Imaginaries of City and Nature John Rennie Short 3. Re-Naturing Cities: Great Promises, Deadlock ... and New Beginnings? Erik Swyngedouw and Maria Kaika 4. Urban Resilience, the Local and the Politics of the Anthropocene: Reflections on the Future of the Urban Environment Lazaros Karaliotas and Giovanni Bettini PART II DESIGNS FOR THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 5. North American and European Sustainable Urbanism: Toward a Theoretical Model for Sustainable Urban Design Rafael E. Pizarro 6. Sustainable Urban Futures: Contested Transitions and Creative Pathways Joe Ravetz 7. Towards an Urban Metabolic Analysis of the Informal City Louise Guibrunet and Vanesa Castan Broto PART III CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITY ENVIRONMENTS 8. Urbanization, Climate Change, and Regional Integration in the Mekong Richard M. Friend and Pakamas Thinphanga 9. Urban Resilience to Climate Change Challenges in Africa Robert H. Wilson and Todd G. Smith 10. Urban Flooding, Vulnerability and Justice Donald Houston PART IV URBAN SUSTAINABILITY IN THE UNITED STATES 11. The Group and Ideological Bases of Local Sustainability Policies and Programs Kent E. Portney and Jeffrey M. Berry 12. Green Space in Urban Sustainability Plans: Trends and Best Practices Lisa Benton-Short, Melissa Keeley and Jennifer Rowland 13. Mending Fences: Constituting Urban Subjects Through Environmental Stewardship Nate Gabriel 14. Restoring Seattle's River: Competing Conceptions of the Duwamish Socio-nature Kevin Archer and Kris Bezdecny PART V OTHER EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT 15. City Sensing and Urban Aesthetics Jennifer Kitson and Jonathan Bratt 16. Making Moorhen Ryan Jones PART VI THE PROSPECT FOR CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 17. The New Urban Assertions: No Prospect There Kathryn Davidson and Brendan Gleeson 18. Sustainability and the City Timothy W. Luke Index

Reviews

'How are cities both at the root of our environmental problems yet central to solving them? The essays assembled here offer rich responses, through a blend of theoretical reflection and empirical analysis. It will be an excellent resource for urbanists across the disciplines.' - Noel Castree, University of Wollongong, Australia; 'If urban environments continue to be a new frontier for understanding the interconnected dynamics of socionatural progress and uneven development, and I believe they are, then this book is important reading for sharpening and deepening our collective understandings about how the production of urban nature(s) necessitates robust theoretical consideration backed by decisive action.' - Nik Heynen, University of Georgia, US

Author Information

Edited by Kevin Archer, Professor and Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Central Washington University and Kris Bezdecny, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences and Environment, California State University, Los Angeles, US

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