11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

City Preparedness for the Climate Crisis

Edited by Francisco J. Carrillo, Cathy Garner

Exploring the ways that contemporary urban life takes the Holocene for granted, this multidisciplinary book warns that anthropogenic environmental impacts are on course to challenge the viability of most human settlements. It highlights ...

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Personal Sustainability Practices

Edited by Mark Starik, Patricia Kanashiro

Personal Sustainability Practices is a collection of 19 academic and practitioner perspectives on the topic of faculty personal sustainability. The book addresses the issues of whether, how, where, and when faculty who teach, research, c...

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Handbook of Communication and Development

Edited by Srinivas R. Melkote, Arvind Singhal

This incisive Handbook critically examines the role and place of media and communication in development and social change, reflecting a vision for change anchored in values of social justice. Outlining the genealogy and history of the fi...

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Defining Public Goods

David J. O’Brien

Through the lens of an economist’s notion of public goods, David J. O’Brien analyzes the dual problems of declining communities and polarizing conflicts between metropolitan and rural communities. The author describes in detail how seemi...

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A Research Agenda for Climate Justice

Edited by Paul G. Harris

Climate change will bring great suffering to communities, individuals and ecosystems. Those least responsible for the problem will suffer the most. Justice demands urgent action to reverse its causes and impacts. In this provocative new ...

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Paperback (2021)

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Towards a Competitive, Sustainable Modern City

Edited by Peter K. Kresl

This original book examines the experiences cities and urban areas have had with two principal concerns that confront them today: sustainability and competitiveness. Featuring a wide-ranging set of contributions from top researchers, thi...

Hardback (2020)

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Social Innovation and Urban Governance

Edited by Marc Pradel-Miquel, Ana B. Cano-Hila, Marisol García Cabeza

Presenting social innovation initiatives that emerged from organized citizenry in Southern European cities, this book explores the response to austerity policies implemented after the 2008 economic crisis. Chapters look at the common aim...

Hardback (2020)

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Research Handbook on Community Development

Edited by Rhonda Phillips, Eric Trevan, Patsy Kraeger

This timely Research Handbook offers new ways in which to navigate the diverse terrain of community development research. Chapters unpack the foundations and history of community development research and also look to its future, explorin...

Hardback (2020)

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Sustainable and Efficient Transport

Edited by Ellen Eftestøl-Wilhelmsson, Suvi Sankari, Anu Bask

The EU Commission has set the goal of facilitating a competitive transport system, increasing mobility and supporting growth while simultaneously reaching a target of 60 per cent emissions reductions by 2050. In light of past performance...

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Environmental Fiscal Challenges for Cities and Transport

Edited by Marta Villar Ezcurra, Janet E. Milne, Hope Ashiabor, Mikael Skou Andersen

As populations become increasingly concentrated in urban centres and mega cities, while demands on transportation continue to grow, the question of how to mitigate the environmental footprint of these trends is ever more pressing. This c...

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Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities

Edited by Richard D. Knowles, Fiona Ferbrache

This book provides new dimensions and a contemporary focus on sustainable transport, urban regeneration and development in eight countries spanning four continents at different stages of development. It examines the role of transit orien...

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