1st Edition
Imagining Sustainability Creative urban environmental governance in Chicago and Melbourne
By Julie Cidell
Copyright 2017
164 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
174 Pages
7 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Cities, rather than nations, have become the key sites for enacting environmental policies. This is due to the combination of growing urban populations and increased action on the part of local governments (generally attributed to national governments’ failure to act on climate change).
Imagining Sustainability seeks to understand how actors in local government conceptualize sustainability... Read more
- Introduction: Environmental actors within local governance systems
- The existing socio-environment
- Envisioning the future through the sustainable imaginary
- How the socio-environment is (re)produced
- Conclusion
Biography
Julie L. Cidell is an Associate Professor of Geography & GIS at the University of Illinois, USA.
