1st Edition
Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace An Environmental Justice Perspective
1. Post-Industrial Urban Greenspace: Justice, Quality of Life and Environmental Aesthetics in Rapidly Changing Urban Environments, Jennifer Foster and L. Anders Sandberg, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
2. The Greening of Urban Post-Industrial Landscapes: Past Practices and Emerging Trends, Christopher De Sousa, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
3. Environmental Gentrification in a Post-Industrial Landscape: The Case of the Limhamn Quarry, Malmö, Sweden, L. Anders Sandberg, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
4. Buried Localities: Archaeological Exploration of a Toronto Dump and Wilderness Refuge, Heidy Schopf, Archaeological Services Inc., Toronto, Canada, and Jennifer Foster, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada
5. Re-Presenting Transgressive Ecologies: Post-Industrial Sites as Contested Terrains, Joern Langhorst, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado, Denver, USA
Biography
Jennifer Foster is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental Studies and Coordinator of the Urban Ecologies program at York University. She is a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) with the Canadian Institute of Planners. Recent projects include the contemporary art exhibition Land|Slide: Possible Futures and the critical urban ecology study From Rubble to Refuge.
L. Anders Sandberg is a Professor and former Associate Dean in the Faculty of Environmental Studies at York University, Toronto, Canada. His two most recent books are The Oak Ridges Moraine Battles: Development, Sprawl and Nature Conservation in the Toronto Region (2013) and Urban Trees, Forests, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective (2014).
