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Author Baldwin, Cathy, 1976- author.

Title Social sustainability, climate resilience and community-based urban development : what about the people? / Cathy Baldwin and Robin King
Edition 1 edition
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 172 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge focus on environment and sustainability
Routledge focus on environment and sustainability.
Contents Glossary of terms and definitions -- Context and rationale -- Spirit and methodology -- Social sustainability in routine daily life -- Social sustainability and urban development -- Community resilience and environmental adversities -- Creating built environments that influence pro-community behaviours -- Built environments that influence socially sustainable behaviours -- Socially sustainable communities can also be resilient communities -- Findings and conclusion -- Recommendations: planning and designing for the socially sustainable resilient community -- References
Summary Urban communities around the world face increased stress from natural disasters linked to climate change, and other urban pressures. They need to grow rapidly stronger in order to cope, adapt and flourish. Strong social networks and social cohesion can be more important for a community's resilience than the actual physical structures of a city. But how can urban planning and design support these critical collective social strengths? This book offers blue sky thinking from the applied social and behavioural sciences, and urban planning. It looks at case studies from 14 countries around the world - including India, the USA, South Africa, Indonesia, the UK and New Zealand - focusing on initiatives for housing, public space and transport stops, and also natural disasters such as flooding and earthquakes. Building on these insights, the authors propose a 'gold standard': a socially aware planning process and policy recommendation for those drawing up city sustainability and climate change resilience strategies, and urban developers looking to build climate-proof infrastructure and spaces. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of urban studies, resilience studies and climate change policy, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in related fields
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 30, 2018)
Subject Sociology, Urban.
Cities and towns -- Growth.
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Community development.
urban sociology.
community development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
Cities and towns -- Growth
City planning -- Environmental aspects
Community development
Sociology, Urban
Form Electronic book
Author King, Robin (Sociologist), author.
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