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Growing smarter : achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity / edited by Robert D. Bullard.
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EBSCOhost Ebook Public Library Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Urban and industrial environments. Sustainable metropolitan communities books.
- Urban and industrial environments.
- Urban and industrial environments
- Sustainable metropolitan communities books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--United States--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Sustainable development--United States.
- Sustainable development.
- Environmental justice--United States.
- Environmental justice.
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Regional disparities--United States.
- Regional disparities.
- Minorities--Civil rights--United States.
- Minorities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Experts from academia, government, and nonprofit organizations offer an environmental justice perspective on Smart Growth, discussing equitable solutions to suburban sprawl and urban decay.
- Contents:
- Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Smart Growth Meets Environmental Justice; 2 Race, Poverty, and Urban Sprawl: Access to Opportunities through Regional Strategies; 3 ?Quień es Maś Urbanista? Latinos and Smart Growth; 4 Sprawl and Civil Rights: A Mayor's Reflections; 5 Nashville: An Experience in Metropolitan Governance; 6 Smart Growth and the Legacy of Segregation in Richland County, South Carolina; 7 Food Justice and Health in Communities of Color; 8 Washed Away by Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding a ''New'' New Orleans
- 9 Confronting Transportation Sprawl in Metro Atlanta10 Environmental Justice and Transportation Equity: A Review of MPOs; 11 Beyond Dirty Diesels: Clean and Just Transportation in Northern Manhattan; 12 Linking Transportation Equity and Environmental Justice with Smart Growth; 13 Building Regional Coalitions between Cities and Suburbs; 14 Smart Growth Tools for Revitalizing Environmentally Challenged Urban Communities; Afterword: Growing Smarter and Fairer; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09729-6
- 9786612097294
- 0-262-26953-8
- 1-4294-5787-2
- OCLC:
- 85901377
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