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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825559903321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007

ISBN

1-282-09729-6

9786612097294

0-262-26953-8

1-4294-5787-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Collana

Urban and industrial environments

Sustainable metropolitan communities books

Altri autori (Persone)

BullardRobert D <1946-> (Robert Doyle)

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Cities and towns - United States - Growth

Sustainable development - United States

Environmental justice - United States

Social justice - United States

Regional disparities - United States

Minorities - Civil rights - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Experts from academia, government, and nonprofit organizations offer an environmental justice perspective on Smart Growth, discussing equitable solutions to suburban sprawl and urban decay.