04403nam 2200673 450 991080924170332120230803220209.00-19-938269-70-19-939298-60-19-932959-10-19-997471-3(CKB)2550000001123587(EBL)1426692(OCoLC)859384518(SSID)ssj0001001135(PQKBManifestationID)12449533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001001135(PQKBWorkID)10966422(PQKB)10973730(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203878(MiAaPQ)EBC1426692(Au-PeEL)EBL1426692(CaPaEBR)ebr10775456(CaONFJC)MIL525304(EXLCZ)99255000000112358720130612h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnsuring a sustainable future making progress on environment and equity /edited by Jody Heymann and Magda BarreraOxford :Oxford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-997470-5 1-299-94053-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.The essential connection : environmental sustainability, community stability and equitable development in struggling cities in high-income countries / Ted Howard -- Community action in informal settlements : strategies for improved environmental health and equity in low and middle income countries / David Satterthwaite -- Achieving environmental equity : race, place, and the movement to build healthy communities in the United States / Angela Glover Blackwell -- Building income and social equity through environmental sustainability : lessons from Vancouver's downtown eastside / Mitra Thompson -- New skills for the green economy : two training programs for job seekers in the United States / Cosmin Paduraru and Kara Quennell -- Green social entrepreneurship as a poverty-reduction strategy : tide india's use of technological innovation for healthier and more sustainable communities / Shannon Lockhart -- Moving towards sustainable urban transport : how can we integrate environmental, health and equity objectives globally? / David Banister and James Woodcock -- The new challenges of rapid urban growth : imperatives and strategies for transport in India / Madhav Badami -- Healthy and sustainable agriculture : working with farmers to transform food production in Latin America / Donald Cole, Gordon Prain and Willy Pradel -- Access to healthy foods in urban settings : a comprehensive strategy for low-income communities in Montreal / Lise Bertrand -- Water for development : investing in health and economic wellbeing globally / William Cosgrove and Håkan Tropp -- The potential of clean energy for equity in remote communities in the North / Tim Weis -- Remote indigenous populations and climate change : reducing the impacts on health and wellbeing / James Ford and Peter Adams.There is very little argument that the world is facing severe environmental challenges. Ongoing air and water pollution, increasing energy consumption, and the depletion of natural resources have all placed considerable stress on the capacity of our environment to support the present quality of human life in a sustainable manner. Ensuring a Sustainable Future does what few previous works have: it examines these trends' disproportionate impact on the poor and the economically viable solutions that can serve to remedy them -- solutions that simultaneously address environmental and economic problEnvironmental healthConservation of natural resourcesMedical policyEconomicsSociological aspectsEnvironmental health.Conservation of natural resources.Medical policy.EconomicsSociological aspects.362.1Heymann Jody1959-872482Barrera Magda1699408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809241703321Ensuring a sustainable future4081641UNINA