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1 online resource (xix, 404 pages) : illustrations |
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New Directions in Sustainability and Society |
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New directions in sustainability and society.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of illustrations -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Urban Sustainability as Myth and Practice -- Part One Building the myth: Branding the Green Global City |
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Chapter 1 We're Not that Kind of Developing Country: Environmental Awareness in Contemporary China Setting the Stage: Global Coronations, Local Conditions -- The Future is 3D: Linking Technology and the Environment |
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[We] are More EducatedWe Pay More Attention to the Environment: Sustaining Quality and Privilege We are not the Sick Man of Asia Any Longer: Sustaining the State -- The Expo is a Face Project: Hidden Narratives/Critical Voices |
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Conclusion: Environmental Subjects in the Global Order Acknowledgments -- Works Cited -- Chapter 2 Green Capitals Reconsidered -- Introduction: Sustainability in the City -- The Pride of the Capital: Eco-Efficiency and the Ecological Footprint |
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Alternative Accounting and Frames of Vision: On Consumption and Global Justice Beyond Eco-Efficiency: Reducing Embodied Emissions -- Conclusion: Framing Environmental Problems and Imagining Solutions -- Acknowledgments -- Works Cited |
| Summary |
"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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Print version record |
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Sustainable urban development.
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Urban anthropology.
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urbanization -- Social aspects
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urban environments.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Sustainable urban development
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Urban anthropology
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urbanization -- Social aspects
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Nachhaltigkeit
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Stadt
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Umweltschutz
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Verstädterung
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Isenhour, Cindy, editor.
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McDonogh, Gary W., editor.
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Checker, Melissa, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781139923316 |
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1139923315 |
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9781316204610 |
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1316204618 |
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9781316208267 |
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1316208265 |
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9781316206416 |
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1316206416 |
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