Untamed urbanisms /

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Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2016.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy
Routledge advances in regional economics, science and policy.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13359421
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Other authors / contributors:Allen, Adriana, editor.
Swilling, Mark, editor.
Lampis, Andrea, editor.
ISBN:9781317599104
1317599101
9781317599098
1317599098
9781317599081
131759908X
9781315746692
1315746697
9781138815421
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 4, 2015).
Summary:One of the major challenges of urban development has been reconciling the way cities develop with the mounting evidence of resource depletion and the negative environmental impacts of predominantly urban-based modes of production and consumption. This book aims to re-politicise the relationship between urban development, sustainability and justice, and to explore the tensions emerging under real circumstances, as well as their potential for transformative change. For some, cities are the root of all that is unsustainable, while for others cities provide unique opportunities for sustainability-o.
Other form:Print version: Allen, Adriana. Untamed Urbanisms. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2015 9781138815421