Cities and nature / | by Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie Short.

Benton-Short, Lisa.

Cities and nature / by Lisa Benton-Short and John Rennie Short. - London : Routledge, 2008. - ix, 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The city and nature : an introduction -- Environmental issues in cities : a brief history -- The industrial city -- Contemporary urbanization and environmental dynamics -- Urban sites -- Cities, environmental hazards, and disasters -- Urban ecology -- Water pollution and the city -- Air pollution and the city -- Garbage and the city -- Race, class, and environmental justice -- Sustainable urban development.

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City planning--Environmental aspects
Sustainable development.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban pollution.
Urbanization--Environmental aspects

HT241 / .B46 2008
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