{"product_id":"sustainability-in-the-global-city-myth-and-practice-paperback-9781107431720","title":"Sustainability in the Global City; Myth and Practice (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107431720","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSustainability in the Global City\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMyth and Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume is a vital contribution to conversations about urban sustainability, looking beyond the propaganda to explore its consequences for everyday life.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCindy Isenhour (Edited by), Gary McDonogh (Edited by), Melissa Checker (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107431720, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 April 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 34 b\/w illus.  8 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'I highly recommend this collection of essays, and hope to have a chance to use it in teaching. It provides insightful and nuanced perspectives on how the language of sustainability is used, how programs get deployed, and their differential impacts on communities.' Stephanie Pincetl, The Nature of Cities (www.thenatureofcities.com)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCities 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Melissa Checker, Gary McDonogh and Cindy Isenhour\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Building the Myth: Branding the Green Global City: 1. 'We're not that kind of developing country': environmental awareness in contemporary China Jennifer Hubbert\u003cbr\u003e 2. Green capitals reconsidered Cindy Isenhour\u003cbr\u003e Snapshot 1. Transparency, consumerism, and governmentality: lessons from a very small place Gary McDonogh\u003cbr\u003e 3. Going green?: washing stones in world-class Delhi Varsha Patel\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Planning, Design, and Sustainability in the Wake of Crisis: 4. 'The sustainability edge': the postcrisis promise of eco-city branding Miriam Greenberg\u003cbr\u003e Snapshot 2. Developing sustainable visions for post-catastrophe communities Daniel Slone\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'I've got a house but no room for my hammock': the tragedy of the commons\u003cbr\u003e or, another common tragedy among the Añu of Sinamaica, Venezuela Ana Servigna and Alí Fernandez\u003cbr\u003e 6. Green is the new brown: 'old school toxics' and environmental gentrification on a New York City waterfront Melissa Checker\u003cbr\u003e Snapshot 3. Producing sustainable futures in post-genocide Kigali, Rwanda Samuel Shearer\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Everyday Engagements with Urbanity and 'Nature': 7. Whose urban forest?: the political ecology of gathering urban nontimber forest products Patrick Hurley, Marla R. Emery, Rebecca McLain, Melissa Poe, Brian Grabbatin and Cari Goetcheus\u003cbr\u003e Snapshot 4. One man's trash Brad Rogers\u003cbr\u003e 8. Shopping on Main Street: a model of a community-based food economy Kathleen Bubinas\u003cbr\u003e 9. Spokespeople for a mute nature: the case of the Villa Rodrigo Bueno in Buenos Aires María Carman\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Cities Divided: Urban Intensification, Neoliberalism, and Urban Activism: 10. Combining sustainability and social justice in the Paris metropolitan region François Mancebo\u003cbr\u003e 11. Shifting gears: the intersections of race and sustainability in Memphis Matthew Farr, Keri Brondo and Scout Anglin\u003cbr\u003e 12. Can human infrastructure combat green gentrification?: ethnographic research on bicycling in Los Angeles and Seattle Adonia Lugo\u003cbr\u003e 13. Urban sustainability as a 'boundary object': interrogating discourses of urban intensification in Ottawa Donald Leffers\u003cbr\u003e 14. Learning 'just' sustainability: a collaboration between the Preserve East Austin Affordability Campaign and the frontiers of geography class Eliot Tretter\u003cbr\u003e Snapshot 5. After sustainability: Barcelona in a time of crisis Gary McDonogh\u003cbr\u003e Afterword Alf Hornborg.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sustainability [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sustainability\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sustainability%20%5BRNU%5D%22\"\u003eRNU\u003c\/a\u003e], Social impact of environmental issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social impact of environmental issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20impact%20of%20environmental%20issues%20%5BRNT%5D%22\"\u003eRNT\u003c\/a\u003e], Environmentalist thought \u0026amp; ideology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Environmentalist thought \u0026amp; ideology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Environmentalist%20thought%20\u0026amp;%20ideology%20%5BRNA%5D%22\"\u003eRNA\u003c\/a\u003e], The environment [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on The environment\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22The%20environment%20%5BRN%5D%22\"\u003eRN\u003c\/a\u003e], Human geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Human geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Human%20geography%20%5BRGC%5D%22\"\u003eRGC\u003c\/a\u003e], International environmental law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on International environmental law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22International%20environmental%20law%20%5BLBBP%5D%22\"\u003eLBBP\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural anthropology, ethnography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20anthropology,%20ethnography%20%5BJHMC%5D%22\"\u003eJHMC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265713525016,"sku":"9781107431720","price":34.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107431720i.jpg?v=1694486166","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sustainability-in-the-global-city-myth-and-practice-paperback-9781107431720","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}