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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto non controllato: ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy; URBANISM/General
• Altri autori: BullardRobert D <1946-> (Robert Doyle)
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Growing smarter
• ISBN: 1-282-09729-6; 9786612097294; 0-262-26953-8; 1-4294-5787-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451469803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Urban and industrial environments. . -Sustainable metropolitan communities books.; Urban and industrial environments.