Cities, nature and development: the politics and production of urban vulnerabilities
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England Ashgate Pub. Company © 2011
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
pt. 1. Geographies of wealth and risk accumulation : neoliberal policy and resource instrumentalism -- pt. 2. Unanticipated vulnerabilities : sustainability planning, environmental movements, and activism -- pt. 3. Vulnerabilities in the urbanizing context : cultural and demographic transformations
Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this edited volume illustrates how and why cities are comprised by a mosaic of vulnerable human and ecological communities. Case studies range across various international settings and reveal how "urban vulnerabilities" is an effective metaphor and analytic lens for advancing political ecological theories on the relationship between humans and the environment in urban settings
ISBN:9781409408321
1409408329
1283479737
9781283479738
9781409408314
1409408310

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