Urban Planet
Abstract
Global urbanization promises better services, stronger economies, and more connections; it also carries risks and unforeseeable consequences. To deepen our understanding of this complex process and its importance for global sustainability, we need to build interdisciplinary knowledge around a systems approach. Urban Planet takes an integrative look at our urban environment, bringing together scholars from a diverse range of disciplines: from sociology and political science to evolutionary biology, geography, economics and engineering. It includes the perspectives of often neglected voices: architects, journalists, artists and activists. The book provides a much needed cross-scale perspective, connecting challenges and solutions on a local scale with drivers and policy frameworks on a regional and global scale. The authors argue that to overcome the major challenges we are facing, we must embark on a large-scale reinvention of how we live together, grounded in inclusiveness and sustainability. This title is also available Open Access.
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Susan M. Parnell, Harini Nagendra, Sverker Sörlin, Marina Alberti, Andrew Gonzalez, David Gómez‐Álvarez, … Joost Vervoort (2018). Urban Planet. Cambridge University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316647554
@book{m2018urban,
title = {Urban Planet},
author = {Parnell, Susan M. and Nagendra, Harini and Sörlin, Sverker and Alberti, Marina and Gonzalez, Andrew and Gómez‐Álvarez, David and Mans, Ulrich and Giest, Sarah N. and Frantzeskaki, Niki and Avelino, Flor and Pereira, Laura Maureen and Vervoort, Joost},
year = {2018},
publisher = {Cambridge University Press eBooks},
doi = {10.1017/9781316647554}
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