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.