Growing Smarter
Achieving Livable Communities, Environmental Justice, and Regional Equity
$70.86
- Paperback
408 pages
- Release Date
12 January 2007
Summary
The smart growth movement aims to combat urban and suburban sprawl by promoting livable communities based on pedestrian scale, diverse populations, and mixed land use. But, as this book documents, smart growth has largely failed to address issues of social equity and environmental justice. Smart growth sometimes results in gentrification and displacement of low- and moderate-income families in existing neighborhoods, or transportation policies that isolate low-income populations. Growing Smar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262524704 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262524708 |
| Author: | Robert D. Bullard |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 408 |
| Release Date: | 12 January 2007 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
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Critics Review
“An impressive group of authors have come together to link conversations, debates, theories, and political action around the movements for smart growth and environmental justice in particular, and around regional planning, economic justice, and sustainability in general. They are building on the work of a wide range of scholars, activists, policymakers, and political leaders, and they do an admirable job.” David Naguib Pellow, University of California, San Diego, author of Garbage Wars: The Struggle for Environmental Justice in Chicago
About The Author
Robert D. Bullard
Robert D. Bullard is Ware Professor of Sociology and Director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University.
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