Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-79908-7 (ISBN)
Introduction.- Part 1. Environmental Change and Urban Morphology.- Urban Stream Management.- 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 2 Economic Change, Industry, and Sustainable Local Alternatives.- The Role of Social Networks in Building a Local Food System.- Urban Mining.- 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, and Sustainable Economic Development in Atlanta.- Part 3 Socio-Political Change and 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 and Managing from Above.- Urban Greening as a Social Movement.- Decision making and sustainability in built environments.- Conclusion.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.4.2018 |
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Reihe/Serie | Geotechnologies and the Environment |
Zusatzinfo | VI, 266 p. 95 illus. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 567 g |
Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
Schlagworte | Environmental Geography • GIS • Gqeotechnologies • Sustainability Pillars • urban geography and urbanism • Urban Greening • urban management • Urban morphology • Urban sustainability |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-79908-8 / 3319799088 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-79908-7 / 9783319799087 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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