Merging together the fields of urban ecology, environmental
justice, and urban environmental education, Urban Ecosystem Justice
promotes building fair, accessible, and mutually beneficial
relationships between citizens and the soils, water, atmospheres,
and biodiversity in their cities. This book provides a framework
for re-centering issues of justice and fairness in sustainability
discourse while challenging the profound ecological alienation
experienced by urban residents. While the urban sustainability
movement has had many successes in the past few decades, there
remain areas for it to grow. For one, the benefits of
sustainability have disproportionately benefited wealthier city
residents, with concerns over equity, justice, and social
sustainability frequently taking a back seat to economic and
environmental considerations. Additionally, many city dwellers
remain estranged from and unfamiliar with ecological processes,
with urban environments often thought of as existing outside of
nature or as hopelessly degraded. Through a citizen-centered lens,
the book offers a guide to reconciling these issues by
demonstrating how questions of equity, access, and justice apply to
the biophysical dimensions of the urban ecosystem: soil, water,
air, waste, and biodiversity. Drawing heavily from the fields of
urban ecology, environmental justice, and ecological design, this
book lays out a science of cities for people: a pedagogical
platform that can be used to promote ecological literacy in
underrepresented urban communities through affordable and
decentralized means. This book provides both a theoretical and
practical field guide to students and researchers of urban
sustainability, city planners, architects, policymakers, and
activists wishing to develop reciprocal relationships with urban
ecologies.
General
| Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City series |
| Release date: |
May 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Scott Kellogg
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
242 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-208047-5 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-03-208047-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781032080475 |
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