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Titre(s) : Sustainability in the global city [Texte imprimé] : myth and practice / edited by Cindy Isenhour, University of Maine; Gary McDonogh, Bryn Mawr College; Melissa Checker, Queens College, CUNY
Publication : New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : xix, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : New directions in sustainability and society series
Lien à la collection : New directions in sustainability and society
Comprend : Introduction Melissa Checker, Gary McDonogh and Cindy Isenhour; Part I. Building the
Myth: Branding the Green Global City: 1. 'We're not that kind of developing country':
environmental awareness in contemporary China Jennifer Hubbert; 2. Green capitals
reconsidered Cindy Isenhour; Snapshot 1. Transparency, consumerism, and governmentality:
lessons from a very small place Gary McDonogh; 3. Going green?: washing stones in
world-class Delhi Varsha Patel; Part II. Planning, Design, and Sustainability in the
Wake of Crisis: 4. 'The sustainability edge': the postcrisis promise of eco-city branding
Miriam Greenberg; Snapshot 2. Developing sustainable visions for post-catastrophe
communities Daniel Slone; 5. 'I've got a house but no room for my hammock': the tragedy
of the commons; or, another common tragedy among the Aiu of Sinamaica, Venezuela Ana
Servigna and Ali; Fernandez; 6. Green is the new brown: 'old school toxics' and environmental
gentrification on a New York City waterfront Melissa Checker; Snapshot 3. Producing
sustainable futures in post-genocide Kigali, Rwanda Samuel Shearer; Part III. Everyday
Engagements with Urbanity and 'Nature': 7. Whose urban forest?: The political ecology
of gathering urban nontimber forest products Patrick Hurley, Marla R. Emery, Rebecca
McLain, Melissa Poe, Brian Grabbatin and Cari Goetcheus; Snapshot 4. One man's trash
Brad Rogers; 8. Shopping on Main Street: a model of a community-based food economy
Kathleen Bubinas; 9. Spokespeople for a mute nature: the case of the Villa Rodrigo
Bueno in Buenos Aires Mari;a Carman; Part IV. Cities Divided: Urban Intensification,
Neoliberalism, and Urban Activism: 10. Combining sustainability and social justice
in the Paris metropolitan region Francois Mancebo; 11. Shifting gears: the intersections
of race and sustainability in Memphis Matthew Farr, Keri Brondo and Scout Anglin;
12. Can human infrastructure combat green gentrification?: Ethnographic research on
bicycling in Los Angeles and Seattle Adonia Lugo; 13. Urban sustainability as a 'boundary
object': interrogating discourses of urban intensification in Ottawa Donald Leffers;
14. Learning 'just' sustainability: a collaboration between the Preserve East Austin
Affordability Campaign and the frontiers of geography class Eliot Tretter; Snapshot
5. After sustainability: Barcelona in a time of crisis Gary McDonogh; Afterword Alf
Hornborg.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Cities play a pivotal but paradoxical role in the future of our planet. As world
leaders and citizens grapple with the consequences of growth, pollution, climate change,
and waste, urban sustainability has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a beacon of
hope. Yet, we know little about how the concept is implemented in daily life - particularly
with regard to questions of social justice and equity. This volume provides a unique
and vital contribution to ongoing conversations about urban sustainability by looking
beyond the promises, propaganda, and policies associated with the concept in order
to explore both its mythic meanings and the practical implications in a variety of
everyday contexts. The authors present ethnographic studies from cities in eleven
countries and six continents. Each chapter highlights the universalized assumptions
underlying interpretations of sustainability while elucidating the diverse and contradictory
ways in which people understand, incorporate, advocate for, and reject sustainability
in the course of their daily lives"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Isenhour, Cindy. Éditeur scientifique
McDonogh, Gary Wray (1952-....). Éditeur scientifique
Checker, Melissa. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Urbanisme durable
Écologie urbaine
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107076280 (hardback). - ISBN 1107076285 (hardback). - ISBN 9781107431720
(paperback). - ISBN 1107431727 (paperback)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb442708152
Notice n° :
FRBNF44270815
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