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04534aam a2200517 i 4500 001 96C59A22246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 140805s2015 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014014288 020 $a 1138025739 (paperback) 020 $a 9781138025738 (paperback) 020 $a 1138025720 (hardback) 020 $a 9781138025721 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)885377889 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d OCLCO $d CHVBK $d BTCTA $d ERASA $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d COD $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HT241 $b .J37 2015 082 00 $a 307.76 $2 23 084 $a POL044000 $a POL044000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a James, Paul $q (Paul Warren), $d 1958- $e author. 245 10 $a Urban sustainability in theory and practice : $b circles of sustainability / $c Paul James ; with Liam Magee, Andy Scerri, Manfred Steger. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2015. 300 $a xxii, 260 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Advances in urban sustainability 500 $a "Earthscan from Routledge." 520 $a "Cities are home to the most consequential current attempts at human adaptation and they provide one possible focus for the flourishing of life on this planet. However, for this to be realized in more than an ad hoc way, a substantial rethinking of current approaches and practices needs to occur. Urban Sustainability in Theory and Practice responds to the crises of sustainability in the world today by going back to basics. It makes four major contributions to thinking about and acting upon cities. It provides a means of reflexivity learning about urban sustainability in the process of working practically for positive social development and projected change. It challenges the usually taken-for-granted nature of sustainability practices while providing tools for modifying those practices. It emphasizes the necessity of a holistic and integrated understanding of urban life. Finally it rewrites existing dominant understandings of the social whole such as the triple-bottom line approach that reduce environmental questions to externalities and social questions to background issues. The book is a much-needed practical and conceptual guide for rethinking urban engagement.Covering the full range of sustainability domains and bridging discourses aimed at academics and practitioners, this is an essential read for all those studying, researching and working in urban geography, sustainability assessment, urban planning, urban sociology and politics, sustainable development and environmental studies"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "This book responds to the crises of sustainability in the world today by going back to basics. It makes four major contributions to thinking about and acting upon cities. It provides a means of reflexivity learning about urban sustainability in the process of working practically for positive social development and projected change. It challenges the usually taken-for-granted nature of sustainability practices while providing tools for modifying those practices. It emphasizes the necessity of a holistic and integrated understanding of urban life. Finally it rewrites existing dominant understandings of the social whole such as the triple-bottom line approach that reduce environmental questions to externalities and social questions to background issues. The book is a practical and conceptual guide for rethinking urban engagement"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Sustainable urban development. 650 0 $a Urban ecology (Sociology) 650 0 $a Sociology, Urban. 650 0 $a City planning $x Environmental aspects. 650 7 $a BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a StadtoÌkologie. $0 (DE-588)4077809-5 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Nachhaltigkeit. $0 (DE-588)4326464-5 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Stadtplanung. $0 (DE-588)4056754-0 $2 gnd 650 7 $a City planning $x Environmental aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862209 650 7 $a Sociology, Urban. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01123961 650 7 $a Sustainable urban development. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01744955 650 7 $a Urban ecology (Sociology) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01733718 830 0 $a Advances in urban sustainability. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018023318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=96C59A22246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search