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