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505 0 a| Cover; Cities and Nature; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The city and nature; The intellectual background; The city as ecosystem; Nature and the city; Urban sustainability; A new approach; Organization of the book; Part I The urban environment in history; 2 The pre-industrial city; The first cities; Urban design; Disease and cities; Cities and pollution controls; Conclusions; 3 The industrial city; Pollution in Coketown; Reforming the industrial city; The urban public parks movement; Garden cities.;

505 8 a| Part II The contemporary urban context; 4 Global urban trends; Rapid urban growth; The rise of big cities; The development of giant urban regions; 5 The postindustrial city; Reimagining the city; Creating the postindustrial urban landscape: the example of waterfront redevelopment; Cleaning up the toxic environment; 6 The developing city; Megacity; The industrial city; The greening city; Slum city; Conclusions; Part III Urban physical systems; 7 Urban sites; On the beach; Cities in the desert; City on the delta; Dhaka: another city on a delta; 8 Hazards and disasters; Environmental hazards.;

505 8 a| The city and disaster: a case study of Hurricane Katrina; Social hazards and vulnerability; The resilient city; Conclusion; 9 Urban political ecology; Cities as circulation of flows; New urban ecological imaginaries; Urban footprints; Natural capital; Biophysical cycles and social processes; Cities as biotic communities; Ecologies of a model city region; Part IV Urban environmental issues; 10 The environmental revolution: a brief context; A movement galvanizes; A global environmental revolution; Greening cities; Resistance; 11 Water; Water in developed cities; Water in developing cities.;

505 8 a| Conclusions12 Air; Air pollution in the US; Air pollution in developing cities; Air quality trends in developing cities; Conclusions; 13 Climate change; Climate science: the basic facts; Impacts of climate change; Responding to climate change: mitigation and adaptation; Conclusions; 14 Garbage; Waste trends in the US; The garbage crisis?; The environmental hazards of landfills; A consuming mentality; Reducing waste; Incinerators: the solution to garbage?; Waste in the developing world; Conclusion; Part V (Re)aligning urban-nature relations; 15 Race, class and environmental justice.;

505 8 a| Urban environments of inequality; Environmental justice; Urban environments and social difference; Healthy cities; Conclusions; 16 Urban sustainability; Intellectual roots of sustainability; Defining sustainability; Theories of sustainability; Practicing sustainability; Planning for sustainability; Implementing sustainability; Conclusions; Postscript; Notes; Index.;

520 a| Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban political ecology; the role of the city in climate change; and susta.;

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Cities and Nature.

Author/creator	Benton-Short, Lisa
Other author	Short, John R.
Format	Electronic
Edition	2nd ed.
Publication Info	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Description	1 online resource (544 pages).
Supplemental Content	Ebook Central
Subjects	City planning--Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Urban ecology (Sociology) Urban pollution. Urbanization--Environmental aspects.

Series	Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City Routledge critical introductions to urbanism and the city. ^A886716
Contents	Cover; Cities and Nature; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The city and nature; The intellectual background; The city as ecosystem; Nature and the city; Urban sustainability; A new approach; Organization of the book; Part I The urban environment in history; 2 The pre-industrial city; The first cities; Urban design; Disease and cities; Cities and pollution controls; Conclusions; 3 The industrial city; Pollution in Coketown; Reforming the industrial city; The urban public parks movement; Garden cities.
Contents	Part II The contemporary urban context; 4 Global urban trends; Rapid urban growth; The rise of big cities; The development of giant urban regions; 5 The postindustrial city; Reimagining the city; Creating the postindustrial urban landscape: the example of waterfront redevelopment; Cleaning up the toxic environment; 6 The developing city; Megacity; The industrial city; The greening city; Slum city; Conclusions; Part III Urban physical systems; 7 Urban sites; On the beach; Cities in the desert; City on the delta; Dhaka: another city on a delta; 8 Hazards and disasters; Environmental hazards.
Contents	The city and disaster: a case study of Hurricane Katrina; Social hazards and vulnerability; The resilient city; Conclusion; 9 Urban political ecology; Cities as circulation of flows; New urban ecological imaginaries; Urban footprints; Natural capital; Biophysical cycles and social processes; Cities as biotic communities; Ecologies of a model city region; Part IV Urban environmental issues; 10 The environmental revolution: a brief context; A movement galvanizes; A global environmental revolution; Greening cities; Resistance; 11 Water; Water in developed cities; Water in developing cities.
Contents	Conclusions12 Air; Air pollution in the US; Air pollution in developing cities; Air quality trends in developing cities; Conclusions; 13 Climate change; Climate science: the basic facts; Impacts of climate change; Responding to climate change: mitigation and adaptation; Conclusions; 14 Garbage; Waste trends in the US; The garbage crisis?; The environmental hazards of landfills; A consuming mentality; Reducing waste; Incinerators: the solution to garbage?; Waste in the developing world; Conclusion; Part V (Re)aligning urban-nature relations; 15 Race, class and environmental justice.
Contents	Urban environments of inequality; Environmental justice; Urban environments and social difference; Healthy cities; Conclusions; 16 Urban sustainability; Intellectual roots of sustainability; Defining sustainability; Theories of sustainability; Practicing sustainability; Planning for sustainability; Implementing sustainability; Conclusions; Postscript; Notes; Index.
Abstract	Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; developing cities and slums; urban political ecology; the role of the city in climate change; and susta.
Source of description	Print version record.
Issued in other form	Print version: Benton-Short, Lisa. Cities and Nature. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9780415625555
Genre/form	Electronic books.
ISBN	9781136244957
ISBN	1136244956

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