Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis (eBook)

Part I Environmental Change & Urban Morphology.- Urban Stream Management: The policy implications of a GIS of stream clean up in Toledo, OH.- Ecosystem services assessment from the mountain to the sea: A multidisciplinary method for defining ecosystem service indicators across landscape units.- Best Practices for Measuring Urban Forest Dynamics Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data.- Changing Urban Forest Dynamics in a Semi-Arid City.- Mapping and Sustainability of Urban and Suburban Parks.- Mapping stream removal and convergence in urban watersheds.- Managing Sustainability in National Parks.- Part II Economic Change, Industry, & Sustainable Local Alternatives.- The Role of Social Networks in Building a Local Food System.- Urban Mining: The socio-spatial context and dynamics of metal recycling in Detroit, MI.- Where are the garden(er)s? Examining gardener motivations and community garden participation-sheds in Austin, Texas.- Is sustainability brewing for microbreweries and brewpubs in the U.S.?.- The Food Hub as a Strategy for Small Farmers.- GIS, Transportation, & Sustainable Economic Development in Atlanta.- Part III Socio-Political Change & Adaptation.- Is Urban Sustainability possible in post-Katrina New Orleans?.- Mapping Environmental Justice: A framework for understanding sustainability at the neighborhood scale in Indianapolis.- Unmanned Systems & Managing from Above: The practical implications of UAVs in Promoting Urban Sustainability.- Urban Greening as a Social Movement.- Decision making and sustainability in built environments.- Conclusion: N. Hoalst Pullen & M. Patterson, Kennesaw State.