"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 First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
"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 ofFirst Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Peter J. Marcotullio is a Research Fellow at the UNU-IAS, Japan. Gordon McGranahan is Director of the Human Settlements Programme at IIED, UK co-author of The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities (2001) and co-editor of Air Pollution and Health in Rapidly Developing Countries (2003). .
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Scaling the Urban Environmental Challenge * Urban Transitions and the Spatial Displacement of Environmental Burdens * Variations of Urban Environmental Transitions: The Experiences of Rapidly Developing Asia-Pacific Cities * In Pursuit of a Healthy Urban Environment in Low- and Middle-income Nations * Improving Urban Water and Sanitation Services: Health, Access and Boundaries * Poverty and the Environmental Health Agenda in a Low-income City: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana * Dynamics of Growth and Process of Degenerated Peripheralization in Delhi: An Analysis of Socio-economic Segmentation and Differentiation in Micro-environments * Motorization in Rapidly Developing Cities * A Comparative Perspective on Urban Transport and Emerging Environmental Problems in Middle-income Cities * Fixing Environmental Agendas in Mexico * In Pursuit of the Sustainable City * The Metabolism of Urban Affluence: Notes from the Greater Manchester City-region * Locating the Local Agenda : Preserving Public Interest in the Evolving Urban World * Index
Scaling the Urban Environmental Challenge * Urban Transitions and the Spatial Displacement of Environmental Burdens * Variations of Urban Environmental Transitions: The Experiences of Rapidly Developing Asia-Pacific Cities * In Pursuit of a Healthy Urban Environment in Low- and Middle-income Nations * Improving Urban Water and Sanitation Services: Health, Access and Boundaries * Poverty and the Environmental Health Agenda in a Low-income City: The Case of the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana * Dynamics of Growth and Process of Degenerated Peripheralization in Delhi: An Analysis of Socio-economic Segmentation and Differentiation in Micro-environments * Motorization in Rapidly Developing Cities * A Comparative Perspective on Urban Transport and Emerging Environmental Problems in Middle-income Cities * Fixing Environmental Agendas in Mexico * In Pursuit of the Sustainable City * The Metabolism of Urban Affluence: Notes from the Greater Manchester City-region * Locating the Local Agenda : Preserving Public Interest in the Evolving Urban World * Index
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