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Growing smarter : achieving livable communities, environmental justice, and regional equity / edited by Robert D. Bullard.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946-
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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