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OverviewAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Sustainable urbanisation has moved to the forefront of global debate, research and policy agendas over recent years. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Simon (Director of Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, and Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London.)Publisher: Bristol University Press Imprint: Policy Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781447332848ISBN 10: 1447332849 Pages: 152 Publication Date: 31 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword ~ Julio Dávila; Introduction: Sustainable cities in sustainable societies ~ David Simon; Changing ideas and practices for making cities fair ~ Susan Parnell; Green cities: from tokenism to incrementalism and transformation ~ David Simon; Accessible cities: from urban density to multidimensional access ~ James Waters; Conclusions and implications ~ David Simon and Henrietta Palmer.ReviewsThis timely and lively book builds on several empirical examples to help with the challenges that planners, policy makers, professors and students face in making words like 'green' or 'sustainable' understandable and approachable. Garth Myers, Trinity College, Hartford Connecticut, USA Author InformationDavid Simon is Director of Mistra Urban Futures, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, and Professor of Development Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He specialises in development environment issues, with particular reference to cities, climate change and sustainability, and the relationships between theory, policy and practice, on all of which he has published extensively. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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