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The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth - The Future of our Built Environment (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,106
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The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth - The Future of our Built Environment (Paperback): Robert Kirkman

The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth - The Future of our Built Environment (Paperback)

Robert Kirkman

Series: Think Now

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Issues related to metropolitan growth and environmental change are at the heart of public debate today - this book explores the ethical implications behind this hugely topical contemporary debate. "The Ethics of Metropolitan Growth" is about the decisions people make that shape the built environment, from the everyday concerns of homeowners and commuters to grand gestures of national policy. Decisions about the built environment have taken on a particular urgency in recent months. The financial crisis that began in the home mortgage system, the instability of fuel prices, and long-term projections of oil depletion and climate change are now intertwined with more conventional concerns about metropolitan growth, such as traffic flow and air quality. Now, it would seem, is an excellent time for clear thinking about what the built environment can and should become in the future. Robert Kirkman argues that decisions about how to configure and live within the built environment have ethical dimensions that are sometimes hard to see, questions relating to well-being, justice, and sustainability. This book provides practical guidance for sorting through the ethical implications surrounding metropolitan growth, bringing the most immediate concerns of ordinary people to the centre of environmental ethics. "Think Now" is a new series of books which examines central contemporary social and political issues from a philosophical perspective. These books aim to be accessible, rather than overly technical, bringing philosophical rigour to modern questions which matter the most to us. Provocative yet engaging, the authors take a stand on political and cultural themes of interest to any intelligent reader.

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Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Country of origin: United States
Series: Think Now
Release date: April 2010
First published: April 2010
Authors: Robert Kirkman
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-0280-5
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Social & political philosophy
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LSN: 1-4411-0280-9
Barcode: 9781441102805

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