"Think globally, act locally" emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new book focuses on the spatial dimensions of urban environmental burdens, and shows how important it is to take these into account when pursuing environmental justice and good governance--whether in the context of the sanitary risks of slum living, the pollution of uncontrolled industrialization and motorization, or the enormous ecological footprints of affluent urban lifestyles.
The volume reviews the urban...
"Think globally, act locally" emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new...
An account of the changing nature of urban environmental risks. At different levels, it addresses: the challenge of improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements; the challenge of sustainable urban development in a globalizing world; and environmental justice and urban development.
An account of the changing nature of urban environmental risks. At different levels, it addresses: the challenge of improving health conditions in dep...
An account of the changing nature of urban environmental risks. At different levels, it addresses: the challenge of improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements; the challenge of sustainable urban development in a globalizing world; and environmental justice and urban development.
An account of the changing nature of urban environmental risks. At different levels, it addresses: the challenge of improving health conditions in dep...
As many as one billion people are regularly exposed to indoor air pollution levels exceeding WHO guidelines by up to 100 times. This book addresses issues of particular importance to developing countries where polluting activies have been growing, but local research and preventive and protective measures are at an early stage. There have been considerable advances in the epidemiology of air pollution, changes in the international air pollution guidelines and the emergence of more systematic approaches to air pollution prevention and control. This text is intended to fill a gap in the...
As many as one billion people are regularly exposed to indoor air pollution levels exceeding WHO guidelines by up to 100 times. This book addresses is...
The world�s developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligently and humanely, this growth can pave the way to sustainable development; otherwise, it will favour higher levels of poverty and environmental stress. The outcome depends on decisions being made now. The principal theme that runs through this volume is the need to transform urbanization into a positive force for development. Part I of this book reviews the demography of the urban transition, stressing the importance of benefi cial rural-urban...
The world�s developing countries will be experiencing massive increases in their urban populations over the 21st century. If managed intelligen...
Along with globalization, urban transitions have been central in the southward shift in economic power towards the newly emerging economies. As this book shows, however, these transitions have not been painless, and it is important for the rest of the urbanizing world to learn from the mistakes. It examines the role of urbanization and urban growth in the emerging economies, taking the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as case studies. Their different approaches towards urbanization have shaped their historical development paths and assisted or constrained...
Along with globalization, urban transitions have been central in the southward shift in economic power towards the newly emerging economies. As thi...
