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  • Urban Energy Landscapes

    by Vanesa Castán Broto ...
    The urban energy transition represents a transformation of such magnitude that it will require a re-examination of the fundamental relationship between societies and energy resources. The potential for cities to deliver sustainable energy for their citizens requires context-specific action. One-size-fits-all approaches - which assume homogeneity across cities and economies of scale in the ... Read more

    $142.99 CAD

  • Urban Sustainability Transitions

    Edited by Niki Frantzeskaki, Vanesa Castán Broto, Lars Coenen, Derk Loorbach ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Sustainability Transitions
    The world’s population is currently undergoing a significant transition towards urbanisation, with the UN expecting that 70% of people globally will live in cities by 2050. Urbanisation has multiple political, cultural, environmental and economic dimensions that profoundly influence social development and innovation. This fundamental long-term transformation will involve the realignment of urban ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South

    Intersectionality, Inequalities, and Community

    Edited by Andrea Rigon, Vanesa Castán Broto ...
    Inclusive Urban Development in the Global South emphasizes the importance of the neighbourhood in urban development planning, with case studies aimed at transforming current intervention practices towards more inclusive and just means of engagement with individuals and communities. The chapters explore how diversity of gender, class, race and ethnicity, citizenship status, age, ability, and ... Read more

    $81.99 CAD

  • An Urban Politics of Climate Change

    Experimentation and the Governing of Socio-Technical Transitions

    by Harriet Bulkeley, Vanesa Broto, Gareth Edwards ...
    The confluence of global climate change, growing levels of energy consumption and rapid urbanization has led the international policy community to regard urban responses to climate change as ‘an urgent agenda’ (World Bank 2010). The contribution of cities to rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions coupled with concerns about the vulnerability of urban places and communities to the impacts of ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies

    Edited by Stefan Bouzarovski, Martin J Pasqualetti, Vanesa Castán Broto ...
    Energy has become a central concern of many strands of geographical inquiry, from global climate change to the effects of energy decisions on our lives. However, many aspects of the ‘black box’ of relationships at the energy-society interface remain unopened, especially in terms of the spatial underpinnings of energy production and consumption within nations, cities and regions. Debates focusing ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • Climate Urbanism

    Towards a Critical Research Agenda

    Edited by Vanesa Castán Broto, Enora Robin, Aidan While ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book argues that the relationship between cities and climate change is entering a new and more urgent phase. Thirteen contributions from a range of leading scholars explore the need to rethink and reorient urban life in response to climatic change. Split into four parts it begins by asking ‘What is climate urbanism?’ and exploring key features from different locations and epistemological ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • Cities and Low Carbon Transitions

    Edited by Harriet Bulkeley, Vanesa Castán Broto, Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Human Geography
    Current societies face unprecedented risks and challenges connected to climate change. Addressing them will require fundamental transformations in the infrastructures that sustain everyday life, such as energy, water, waste and mobility. A transition to a ‘low carbon’ future implies a large scale reorganisation in the way societies produce and use energy. Cities are critical in this transition ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Community Energy and Sustainable Energy Transitions

    Experiences from Ethiopia, Malawi and Mozambique

    Edited by Vanesa Castán Broto ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book engages with the difficulties of delivering community energy in practice, building on practical experiences in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Mozambique. In these countries, where many people lack access to electricity, community energy is an alternative to advance universal energy access. This book argues that, besides providing access, community energy is essential for achieving ... Read more

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  • Sustainability Assessment

    Criteria and Processes

    by Bob Gibson, Selma Hassan, James Tansey ...
    Sustainability assessment is now emerging as a more transparent, comprehensive, integrated and far-sighted approach to decision making. Its basic demand is that all significant undertakings must make a positive contribution to sustainability. To apply this test, decision makers need criteria based on the core requirements of sustainability and the particularities of the context. As well, they need ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development

    by Ian Scoones ...
    The message of Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development is clear: livelihoods approaches are an essential lens on questions of rural development, but these need to be situated in a better understanding of political economy. The book looks at the role of social institutions and the politics of policy, as well as issues of identity, gender and generation. The relationships between ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Ecosocial Transition of Societies

    The contribution of social work and social policy

    Edited by Aila-Leena Matthies, Kati Närhi ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Social Work
    This groundbreaking book both explains and expands the growing debate on ecological (environmental) social work at the global level. In order to achieve this, the book strengthens the environmental paradigm in social work and social policy by undertaking further research on theoretical and conceptual clarification as well as distinct reflections on its practical directions.Divided into five parts: ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • After Sustainable Cities?

    Edited by Mike Hodson, Simon Marvin ...
    A sustainable city has been defined in many ways. Yet, the most common understanding is a vision of the city that is able to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Central to this vision are two ideas: cities should meet social needs, especially of the poor, and not exceed the ability of the global environment to meet needs ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD