Urbanization and Sustainability : Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice and Global Environmental Change

Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental justice in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo, and in Antofagasta, Greater Concepción and Valparaiso in Chile; Sociospatial patterns of vulnerability in the American southwest; and Urban flood control and land use planning in Greater Taipei, Taiwan ROC.

• | Author: Christopher G Boone, Michail Fragkias
• | Publisher: Springer
• | Publication Date: Jan 29, 2015
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 9400792107
• | ISBN-13: 9789400792104