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The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities
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Product Description
An account of the changing nature of urban environmental risks. At different levels, it addresses: the challenge of improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements; the challenge of sustainable urban development in a globalizing world; and environmental justice and urban development. The authors analyze how environmental and health risks arise in cities, who has to bear them and why, focusing on cities in Asia, Africa and South America. On the basis of this understanding it explains how conditions can be improved for those living in these rapidly growing cities and argues that environmental justice provides a more meaningful measure and goal for urban development improvement than "sustainable development".
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #2425775 in Books
- Published on: 2001-07-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
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About the Author
Gordon McGranahan is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London. He recently headed the Urban Environment Programme at the Stockholm Environment Institute
