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Author:   Adriana Allen (The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL)) ,  Andrea Lampis (National University of Colombia) ,  Mark Swilling (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.589kg
ISBN:  

9781138815421

ISBN 10:   113881542
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   11 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Trajectories of change in the urban Anthropocene 1. Towards sustainable urban infrastructures for the urban Anthropocene Mark Swilling 2. Sustainable flows between Kolkata and its peri-urban interface: challenges and opportunities Jenia Mukherjee 3. On being a smart about cities: seven considerations for a new urban planning and design Maarten A. Hajer 4. Is big sustainable? Global comparison of city emissions Dominik Reusser, Anna-Lena Winz and Diego Rybski 5. Urban-scale food system governance: an alternative response to the dominant paradigm? Gareth Haysom II. The untamed everyday 6. Lost in translation: social protection and the search for security in Bogotá, Colombia Andrea Lampis 7. Potentials of the urban poor in shaping a sustainable Lagos metropolis Taibat Lawanson 8. Sustainability of what? The struggles of poor Mayan households with young breadwinners towards a better life in the peri-urban area of Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Mauricio Dominguez Aguilar and Jorge Pacheco Castro 9. Local governance, climate risk and everyday vulnerability in Dar es Salaam Chipo Plaxedes Mubaya, Patience Mutopo and Mzime Ndebele-Murisa 10. Accra’s unregulated market-oriented sanitation strategy: problems and opportunity John Harris III. Disrupting hegemonic planning 11. Walking the path to urban sustainability: what is still missing in current urban planning models? Natalie Rosales 12. Are you really listening to me? Planning with the community in urban revitalization projects Mintesnot Woldeamanuel and Jose Palma 13. Sustainable urban development: a Georgist perspective Franklin Obeng-Odoom 14. Beyond an imaginary of power? Governance, supranational organizations and ‘just’ urbanization Philip Lawton IV. Liberating alternatives 15. Negotiating and creating urban spaces in everyday practices: experiences of women in Harare, Zimbabwe Manase Kudzai Chiweshe 16. A conversation in a dentist’s chair: employment, marginality and freedom on the borders of a Brazilian favela Moises Lino e Silva 17. Fracturing neoliberal urban policies: the micro-resistance of everyday life in Buenos Aires Jorge Sequera and Elvira Mateos18. Public spaces and transformative urban practices in Cape Town Diana Sanchez Betancourt 19. Everyday practices in Greece in the shadow of property: urban domination subverted? Irene Sotiropoulou 20. Free-ing foods? Social food economies towards food security, sustainability and social change Ferne Edwards

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Adriana Allen is Professor of Development Planning and Urban Sustainability at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London, UK. Andrea Lampis is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia. Mark Swilling is Programme Coordinator: Sustainable Development in the School of Public Leadership, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute, South Africa.

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