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Planning Wild Cities: Human–Nature Relationships in the Urban Age (Routledge Research in Sustainable Urbanism)
by Wendy SteeleThis book critically engages with the contemporary challenges and opportunities of wild cities in a climate of change. A key focus of the book is exploring the nexus of possibilities for wild cities and the eco-ethical imagination needed to drive sustainable and resilient urban pathways. Many now ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Global City Challenges
The contributors illustrate what twin analytical and practical challenges emerge from juxtaposing cultural, economic, historical, postcolonial, virtual, architectural, literary, security and political stances to the concept of the 'global city'.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education: A Transformative Agenda?
This book explores the role universities have to play in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). At the heart of “sustainable development” is the legacy of unsustainable development with its roots in modernity and colonialism. Critical engagement with the SDGs involves recognising these... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Planning Across Borders in a Climate of Change (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research)
The fixity or mobility of borders are key themes within the border studies literature and have useful critical application to urban and environmental planning through theory, pedagogy and practice. This offers potential for transformative change through the processes of re-bordering and re-orienting... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Quiet Activism: Climate Action at the Local Scale
This book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale. Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find creative and meaningful ways to address the sustainability of their environments. The authors focus on t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021