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1. Creating Child Friendly Cities

   Reinstating Kids in the City

   Edited by Brendan Gleeson, Neil Sipe

   Leading planning and geography authors present this comprehensive assessment of the extent to which the physical and social make up of Western cities accommodates and nourishes the needs of children and youth. Examining the areas of planning, design, social policy, transport and housing,...

   Published July 12th 2012 by Routledge
2. Consuming Cities

   The Urban Environment in the Global Economy after Rio

   By Ingemar Elander, Brendan Gleeson, Rolf Lidskog, Nicholas Low

   This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this...

   Published October 13th 1999 by Routledge
3. Geographies of Disability

   By Brendan Gleeson

   This book explains how space, place and mobility have shaped the experiences of disabled people both in the past and in contemporary societies. The key features of this insightful study include:* a critical appraisal of theories of disability and a new disability model* case studies to...

   Published December 2nd 1998 by Routledge
4. Justice, Society and Nature

   An Exploration of Political Ecology

   By Brendan Gleeson, Nicholas Low

   Justice, Society and Nature examines the moral response which the world must make to the ecological crisis if there is to be real change in the global society and economy to favour ecological integrity. From its base in the idea of the self, through principles of political justice, to the justice...

   Published February 11th 1998 by Routledge