George Martin
Reside in Berkeley CA. Emeritus Professor researching and writing about transport and food production in cities. Visiting academic at University of Surrey and University of California, Santa Cruz. Serve on advisory board of Capitalism Nature Socialism, journal produced by Taylor and Francis.
Subjects: Environment and Sustainability, Urban Studies
Biography
Present home: Berkeley. Previous homes: Louisville, Nashville, Chicago, New York City, US; Godalming, London, UK. Sociology Department, Montclair State University, NJ, 1972-2013.Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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urban environmental sociology
Personal Interests
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travel, walking, cooking, reading, crossword puzzles
Books
Articles
An Ecosocial Frame for Autonomous Vehicles
Published: Jul 05, 2019 by Capitalism Nature Socialism
Authors: George Martin
Subjects:
Environment and Sustainability, Urban Studies
Analysis of the ecological and social prospects for autonomous vehicles.
Urban Cultivation and its Contributions to Sustainability: Nibbles of Food but Oodles of Social Capital
Published: Apr 15, 2016 by Sustainability
Authors: George Martin, Roland Clift and Ian Christie
Subjects:
Environment and Sustainability, Urban Studies
Critique of scale of urban agriculture's food production.