Geographic Perspectives on Urban Sustainability

Name: Geographic Perspectives on Urban Sustainability
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Geographic Perspectives on Urban SustainabilityAuthor(s): V. Kelly Turner, David H. Kaplan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367671938, 978-0367671938\nSynopsis\nThe 21st century has been called the \""century of the city.\"" Unprecedented and uneven urban growth and expansion coupled with climate change have compounded concerns that current urbanization pathways are not sustainable. Calls for scholarship on urban sustainability among geographers cite strengths in both examining human-environment interactions and unravelling urbanization patterns and processes that positioned the discipline to make unique contributions to critical research needs. \n\nGeographic Perspectives on Urban Sustainability reflects on the contributions that geographers have made to urban sustainability scholarship on varied domains such as transportation, green infrastructure, and gentrification. Contributed chapters probe uniquely geographi.