The Sustainable Development Paradox: Urban Political Economy in the United States and Europe - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1593854986 ISBN 13 : 9781593854980

Editeur : Guilford Publications, 2007

Synopsis

Sustainability--with its promise of economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental integrity--is hardly a controversial goal. Yet scholars have generally overlooked the ways that policies aimed at promoting ""sustainability"" at local, national, and global scales have been shaped and constrained by capitalist social relations. This thought-provoking book reexamines sustainability conceptually and as it actually exists on the ground, with a particular focus on Western European and North American urban contexts. Topics include critical theoretical engagements with the concept of sustainability; how sustainability projects map onto contemporary urban politics and social justice movements; the spatial politics of conservation planning and resource use; and what progressive sustainability practices in the context of neoliberalism might look like.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Rob Krueger is Assistant Professor of Geography at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. His research focuses on economy-environment relations in the contexts of urban/regional economic development.

David Gibbs is Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Graduate School at the University of Hull in the United Kingdom. His work focuses on local and regional economic development, with a particular interest in the use of environmental policy to support and inform economic development policies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Guilford Publications
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1593854986
• ISBN 13: 9781593854980
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310
• Éditeur: Krueger Rob, Gibbs David C.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible