商品簡介
This book examines how economic and social stability can be maintained, how environmental impacts can be constrained, and how social justice and equity can be pursued within the context of modern day urbanization and globalization. Included essays explore the interaction of environmental, physical, political, socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, gender, and health aspects of urban stress. Chapters include examinations of urban environment management in Shanghai and Urumqi, sustainable manufacturing in Nagoya, deconcentration in Tel Aviv, electoral reform in Beirut, automobile dependence in Australia, water provision and community partnerships by the peri-urban poor, neoliberal restructuring in Jamaica, housing in Los Angeles, the role of ethnicity and race in sustainable urban environments, urban supermarket locations, sustainable development in traditional harbor communities, among others. Tables, charts, graphs, color photographs, and chapter-specific notes and references are included. An index is missing. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
