UID:
almahu_9949560764002882
Format:
1 online resource (280 pages)
ISBN:
1-4384-7650-7
Series Statement:
SUNY Press Open Access.
Content:
In the context of urban sustainable development, the “details” of sustainability’s current expressions perpetuate environmental injustice, untenable growth, and the destruction of functioning ecosystems. In response to this state of affairs, Adventures in Sustainable Urbanism aims to prompt new debates about the consequences of sustainable urbanism as it moves from planning to practice. Contributors explore policy, practice, and experience from cities around the world, including Calgary, Christchurch, Dortmund, Vancouver, and others. Written by scholars who live in these cities, chapters offer empirically rich descriptions for opening up new lines of thinking, theorizing, and debate about the sustainable city and its actual material expressions in place. By examining the sustainable city through various analytical framings, contributors urge readers to move from viewing the sustainable city as something everyone can agree on, to a highly politicized and contested process. Additional resources are provided for readers who may wish to extend their own research into a city or theme.
Note:
Introduction : global transformations, cities, and the new sustainability consensus / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner -- Constructing sustainable development / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag and Samuel Mössner -- The rise of sustainable urban development / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner -- A tale of two cities: Christchurch, New Zealand, and sustainable urban disaster recovery / Tim Baird and C. Michael Hall -- Reworking Newtown Creek / Winifred Curran and Trina Hamilton -- From sprawling cowtown to social sustainability pioneer: the sustainability journey of Calgary, Alberta / Freya Kristensen -- The greenest city experience: exploring social action and social sustainability in Vancouver, Canada / Marit Rosol and Cristina Temenos -- Introducing Luxembourg: ephemeral sustainabilities / Constance Carr -- Montpellier Écocité: from growth machine to sustainability? / David Giband -- Building ecopolis in the world’s factory: a field note on Sino-Singapore Tianjin eco-city / I-Chun Catherine Chang -- Sustainable empire? / Michal Kohout -- Middle-class family enclavism and solidarity from a distance notes from a field of contradictions in Dortmund, Germany / Susanne Frank -- A conclusion? Or, toward a new beginning? / Robert Krueger, Tim Freytag, and Samuel Mössner.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4384-7649-3
Language:
English
