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Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the
importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with
case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices
towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with
individuals and communities. The chapters explore how diversity of
gender, class, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, age,
ability, and sexuality is taken (or not taken) into account and
approached in the planning and implementation of development policy
and interventions in poor urban areas. The book employs a practical
perspective on the deployment of theoretical critiques of
intersectionality and diversity in development practice through
case studies examining issues such as water and sanitation planning
in Dhaka, indigenous rights to the city in Bolivia, post-colonial
planning in Hong Kong, land reform in Zimbabwe, and many more. The
book focuses on radical alternatives with the potential to foster
urban transformations for planning and development communities
working around the world.
Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the
importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with
case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices
towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with
individuals and communities. The chapters explore how diversity of
gender, class, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, age,
ability, and sexuality is taken (or not taken) into account and
approached in the planning and implementation of development policy
and interventions in poor urban areas. The book employs a practical
perspective on the deployment of theoretical critiques of
intersectionality and diversity in development practice through
case studies examining issues such as water and sanitation planning
in Dhaka, indigenous rights to the city in Bolivia, post-colonial
planning in Hong Kong, land reform in Zimbabwe, and many more. The
book focuses on radical alternatives with the potential to foster
urban transformations for planning and development communities
working around the world.
Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected
to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental
transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life,
such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low
carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way
societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this
transition because they concentrate social and economic activities
that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time,
cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for
climate change mitigation. Whether, how and why low carbon
transitions in urban systems take place in response to climate
change will therefore be decisive for the success of global
mitigation efforts. As a result, climate change increasingly
features as a critical issue in the management of urban
infrastructure and in urbanisation policies. Cities and Low Carbon
Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of
cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the
fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined
to examine how, why and with what implications cities bring about
low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts
underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses
its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and
technological responses to climate change that are emerging in
cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world
cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America,
Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that
expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive
socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban
contexts. This collection adds to existing literature on cities and
energy transitions and introduces critical questions about power
and social interests, lock-in and development trajectories, social
equity and economic development, and socio-technical change in
cities. The book addresses academics, policy makers, practitioners
and researchers interested in the development of systemic responses
in cities to curb climate change.
Energy has become a central concern of many strands of geographical
inquiry, from global climate change to the effects of energy
decisions on our lives. However, many aspects of the 'black box' of
relationships at the energy-society interface remain unopened,
especially in terms of the spatial underpinnings of energy
production and consumption within nations, cities and regions.
Debates focusing on the location and nature of energy flows
frequently fail to consider the multiple geographical networks that
illustrate and explain the distribution of fuels and services
around the world. Providing an integrated perspective on the
complex interdependencies between energy and geography, The
Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies offers a timely
conceptual framework to study the multiple facets of energy
geography, including security, space and place, planning,
environmental science, economics and political science.
Illustrating how a geographic approach towards energy can aid
decision-making pathways in the domains of social justice and
environment, this book provides insights that will help move the
international community toward greater cooperation, stability, and
sustainability.
This book argues that the relationship between cities and climate
change is entering a new and more urgent phase. Thirteen
contributions from a range of leading scholars explore the need to
rethink and reorient urban life in response to climatic change.
Split into four parts it begins by asking 'What is climate
urbanism?' and exploring key features from different locations and
epistemological traditions. The second section examines the
transformative potential of climate urbanism to challenge social
and environmental injustices within and between cities. In the
third part authors interrogate current knowledge paradigms
underpinning climate and urban science and how they shape
contemporary urban trajectories. The final section focuses on the
future, envisaging climate urbanism as a new communal project, and
focuses on the role of citizens and non-state actors in driving
transformative action. Consolidating debates on climate urbanism,
the book highlights the opportunities and tensions of urban
environmental policy, providing a framework for researchers and
practitioners to respond to the urban challenges of a radically
climate-changed world.
The world's population is currently undergoing a significant
transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of
people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has
multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions
that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This
fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment
of urban society's technologies and infrastructures, culture and
lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks.
Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban
sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in
urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are
addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable
decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book
provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in
different types of cities across the world and explores possible
strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the
co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in
socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of
mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide,
medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and
nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the
book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and
transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance
approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability
Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in
Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and
Planning.
Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected
to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental
transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life,
such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a 'low
carbon' future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way
societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this
transition because they concentrate social and economic activities
that produce climate change related emissions. At the same time,
cities are increasingly recognised as sources of opportunities for
climate change mitigation. Whether, how and why low carbon
transitions in urban systems take place in response to climate
change will therefore be decisive for the success of global
mitigation efforts. As a result, climate change increasingly
features as a critical issue in the management of urban
infrastructure and in urbanisation policies. Cities and Low Carbon
Transitions presents a ground-breaking analysis of the role of
cities in low carbon socio-technical transitions. Insights from the
fields of urban studies and technological transitions are combined
to examine how, why and with what implications cities bring about
low carbon transitions. The book outlines the key concepts
underpinning theories of socio-technical transition and assesses
its potential strengths and limits for understanding the social and
technological responses to climate change that are emerging in
cities. It draws on a diverse range of examples including world
cities, ordinary cities and transition towns, from North America,
Europe, South Africa and China, to provide evidence that
expectations, aspirations and plans to undertake purposive
socio-technical transitions are emerging in different urban
contexts. This collection adds to existing literature on cities and
energy transitions and introduces critical questions about power
and social interests, lock-in and development trajectories, social
equity and economic development, and socio-technical change in
cities. The book addresses academics, policy makers, practitioners
and researchers interested in the development of systemic responses
in cities to curb climate change.
The world's population is currently undergoing a significant
transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of
people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has
multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions
that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This
fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment
of urban society's technologies and infrastructures, culture and
lifestyles, as well as governance and institutional frameworks.
Such structural systemic realignments can be referred to as urban
sustainability transitions: fundamental and structural changes in
urban systems through which persistent societal challenges are
addressed, such as shifts towards urban farming, renewable
decentralised energy systems, and social economies. This book
provides new insights into how sustainability transitions unfold in
different types of cities across the world and explores possible
strategies for governing urban transitions, emphasising the
co-evolution of material and institutional transformations in
socio-technical and socio-ecological systems. With case studies of
mega-cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York and Adelaide,
medium-sized cities such as Copenhagen, Cape Town and Portland, and
nonmetropolitan cities such as Freiburg, Ghent and Brighton, the
book provides an opportunity to reflect upon the comparability and
transferability of theoretical/conceptual constructs and governance
approaches across geographical contexts. Urban Sustainability
Transitions is key reading for students and scholars working in
Environmental Sciences, Geography, Urban Studies, Urban Policy and
Planning.
Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet
practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into
sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the
commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New
Urban Agenda. This open access work proposes a feminist reading of
just sustainabilities' principles to reclaim sustainability as a
progressive discourse which informs action on the ground. This work
will help the committed activist (whether they are on the ground,
working in a community, in a non-governmental organization (NGO),
in a business, at a university, in any sphere in government) to
connect their work to international efforts to deliver
environmental justice in cities around the world. Drawing on a
comparative, international analysis of sustainability initiatives
in over 200 cities, Castan Broto and Westman find limited evidence
of the implementation of just sustainabilities principles in
practice, but they argue that there is considerable potential to
develop a justice-oriented sustainability agenda. Highlighting
current successes while also assessing prospects for the future,
the authors show that just sustainabilities is not merely an
aspirational discourse, but a frame of reference to support radical
action on the ground. The eBook editions of this book are available
open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University
of Sheffield.
Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban
problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for
more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation
be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the
increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection,
climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected.
Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for
interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy
failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities
already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful
learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural
injustices caused by the impact of climate change. The editors'
introduction situates our current climate emergency within
historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and
heteropatriarchy, while the editors' conclusion offers pathways
forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books
focus on the project of critique, this collection advances
real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social
justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures
under climate change.
Arguing that climate injustice is one of our most pressing urban
problems, this volume explores the possibilities and challenges for
more just urban futures under climate change. Whether the situation
be displacement within cities through carbon gentrification or the
increasing securitization of elite spaces for climate protection,
climate justice and urban justice are intimately connected.
Contributors to the volume build theoretical tools for
interrogating the root causes of climate change, as well as policy
failures. They also highlight knowledge produced within communities
already seeking transformative change and demonstrate meaningful
learning from activist groups working to address the socionatural
injustices caused by the impact of climate change. The editors'
introduction situates our current climate emergency within
historical processes of colonization, racial capitalism, and
heteropatriarchy, while the editors' conclusion offers pathways
forward through abolition, care, and reparations. Where other books
focus on the project of critique, this collection advances
real-world politics to help academics, practitioners, and social
justice groups imagine, create, and enact more just urban futures
under climate change.
Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet
practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into
sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the
commitments of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the New
Urban Agenda. This open access work proposes a feminist reading of
just sustainabilities' principles to reclaim sustainability as a
progressive discourse which informs action on the ground. This work
will help the committed activist (whether they are on the ground,
working in a community, in a non-governmental organization (NGO),
in a business, at a university, in any sphere in government) to
connect their work to international efforts to deliver
environmental justice in cities around the world. Drawing on a
comparative, international analysis of sustainability initiatives
in over 200 cities, Castan Broto and Westman find limited evidence
of the implementation of just sustainabilities principles in
practice, but they argue that there is considerable potential to
develop a justice-oriented sustainability agenda. Highlighting
current successes while also assessing prospects for the future,
the authors show that just sustainabilities is not merely an
aspirational discourse, but a frame of reference to support radical
action on the ground. The eBook editions of this book are available
open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The University
of Sheffield.
The urban energy transition represents a transformation of such
magnitude that it will require a re-examination of the fundamental
relationship between societies and energy resources. The potential
for cities to deliver sustainable energy for their citizens
requires context-specific action. One-size-fits-all approaches -
which assume homogeneity across cities and economies of scale in
the extension of electricity networks - have largely failed to
deliver sustainable energy for all. This challenge is existential,
questioning the fundamental ways in which contemporary life is
organized around energy. This innovative volume argues that the
urban energy transition depends on specific urban trajectories and
heterogeneous urban energy landscapes, reflecting both strategic
projects of urbanization and people's dwelling practices. Looking
at in-depth case studies of urban energy landscapes in four major
cities, it calls for citizens' active engagement with
experimentation in everyday life. The book will have wide
interdisciplinary appeal to researchers in energy, urban and
environmental studies.
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