Sustainability Citizenship in Cities: Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9781138933637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str.

Ralph Horne; John Fien; Beau Beza

Opis

Urban sustainability citizenship situates citizens as social change agents with an ethical and self-interested stake in living sustainably with the rest of Earth. Such citizens not only engage in sustainable household practices but respect the importance of awareness raising, discussion and debates on sustainable policies for the common good and maintenance of Earth s ecosystems."

Sustainability Citizenship in Cities "seeks to explain how sustainability citizenship can manifest in urban built environments as both responsibilities and rights. Contributors elaborate on the concept of urban sustainability citizenship as a participatory work-in-progress with the aim of setting its practice firmly on the agenda. This collection will prompt practitioners and researchers to rethink contemporary mobilisations of urban citizens challenged by various environmental crises, such as climate change, in various socio-economic settings.

This book is a valuable resource for students, academics and professionals working in various disciplines and across a range of interdisciplinary fields, such as: urban environment and planning, citizenship as practice, environmental sociology, contemporary politics and governance, environmental philosophy, media and communications, and human geography."

Spis treści

1. Sustainability citizenship in cities  Part I. Framing sustainability citizenship  2. The praxis of sustainability citizenship  3. Urban resilience for sustainability  4. Urban food security and alternative economic practices  5. Sustainability citizens: Collaborative and disruptive social learning  Part II. Housing and social innovation  6. Green housing developments: Sustainability pathway or cul-de-sac?  7. Structuring housing provision for urban sustainability  8. Co-working communities: Sustainability citizenship at work  9. Urban social innovation: Mobilising sustainability citizenship  Part III. Place, access and equity  10. The gendered city  11. Informal settlements: Sustainability citizenship in action  12. Places for sustainability citizenship  13. An Indigenous perspective on sustainability citizenship  Part IV. Citizen participation  14. Communicating sustainability in the city  15. The learning city for sustainability  16. Curating the city: Encouraging sustainability  17. Ethical consumers and sustainability citizenship  18. Futures for sustainability citizenship

O autorze

Ralph Horne is Professor of Geography, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and　Director of the Cities Programme (United Nations Global Compact).

John Fien, formerly Professor of Sustainability in RMIT University’s Innovation Leadership Program (2005–2013), was appointed Executive Director of the Swinburne University Leadership Institute, Hawthorn, Australia in late 2013.

Beau B. Beza is Senior Lecturer in the Planning and Landscape Architecture Program, School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia.

Anitra Nelson is Associate Professor in the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.