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Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
This book takes a measured look at the 'crisis of waste' in modern society and it does so historically, sociologically and critically. It tells stories about past and present ‘crises’ of waste and puts them in their appropriate social and industrial contexts. From Charles Dickens to Don...
Published December 8th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Earthscan Series on Sustainable Design
Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating speed and rising consumption trends across the globe have placed material efficiency, waste reduction and recycling at the centre of many government policy agendas,...
Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
This volume, by graduate researchers working in urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city...
Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
Series: Social Justice
Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow. This logic, which Nicholas Blomley terms 'pedestrianism', values public space not in terms of its aesthetic merits, or its success in...
Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge
The birds, animals, insects, trees and plants encountered by the majority of the world’s people are those that survive in, adapt to, or are introduced to, urban areas. Some of these organisms give great pleasure; others invade, colonise and occupy neglected and hidden areas such as derelict land...
Published December 16th 2010 by Routledge
Series: Natural and Built Environment Series
Spatial planning has a vital role to play in the move to a low carbon energy future and in adapting to climate change. To do this, spatial planning must develop and implement new approaches. Elizabeth Wilson and Jake Piper explore a wide range of issues in this comprehensive book on the...
Published August 15th 2010 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
‘Cities’ are now home for over half the world’s population – the hubs and gateways for capital, innovation, markets, resources and migration. On current trends the future may be a ‘planet of slums’ – many cities are places of poverty, crime and struggles for resources, where the ‘environment’ is...
Published June 18th 2009 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Urban Reader Series
Building on the success of its first edition, the second edition of the Sustainable Urban Development Reader expands its selection of classic material on sustainable community development. As in the previous edition, it begins by tracing the roots of the sustainable development concept in the...
Published August 26th 2008 by Routledge
This book examines the sustainability of cities and regions and concludes that currently sustainability is not achievable. By identifying how cities and regions in the past have maintained or lost sustainability and how cities and regions of today might achieve sustainability in the future, it...
Published October 31st 2007 by Taylor & Francis
The need to respond to the rapidly changing city climate is particularly urgent in the tropics where the urban transition is currently at its peak. While the need is clearly felt by the tropical urban dwellers, texts that provide an overview of the problem and indicate possible design solutions are...
Published February 6th 2005 by Taylor & Francis
