Sustainable London?: The Future of a Global City

ISBN-13: 9781447310600 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 352 str.

Rob Imrie; Loretta Lees

Opis

London is one of the most dense, vibrant, and influential urban centers in the world, and this book takes a close look at how it is addressing one of the key questions of our time: environmental sustainability. An impressive group of contributors from a wide range of fields takes on questions of transportation, housing, property development, education, and more, looking at the effects of sustainability initiatives not only on the environment but also on inequality, urban accessibility, and more.

Spis treści

Preface; Foreword ~ Ben Rogers; Part 1: Sustaining London: the key challenges; London’s future and sustainable city building ~ Rob Imrie and Loretta Lees; Privatising London: a conversation with Anna Minton; Just Space: towards a just, sustainable London ~ Robin Brown, Michael Edwards, Richard Lee; Part 2: Sustaining London in an era of austerity; Sustainable governance and planning in London ~ Emma Street; Privatisation, managerialism and the changing politics of sustainability planning in London ~ Mike Raco; Sustaining a global city at work: resilient geographies of a migrant division of labour ~ Cathy McIlwaine and Kavita Datta; Sustaining London’s welfare in an age of austerity ~ Chris Hamnett; Part 3: The challenges for a socially sustainable London; The death of sustainable communities in London? ~ Loretta Lees; From supermarkets to community building: Tesco PLC, sustainable place making and urban regeneration ~ Rob Imrie and Mike Dolton; Educating London: sustainable social reproduction versus symbolic violence? ~ Tim Butler; Sustaining the public: the future of public space in London? ~ James Fournière; Part 4: Sustaining London’s environmental future; Rhetoric in transitioning to sustainable travel ~ Robin Hickman; Building the healthy city in London ~ Clare Herrick; Urban greening and sustaining urban natures in London ~ Franklin Ginn and Robert A Francis; Part 5: Postscript; Beyond urban sustainability and urban resilience: towards a socially just future for London ~ Loretta Lees and Rob Imrie.