Urban affluence and shifting environmental burdens -- rban water : from health to sustainability -- Shifting environmental challenges in Accra, Jakarta and São Paulo -- Organizing environmental improvements in deprived neighbourhoods : plans, markets, local collective action and beyond -- Techniques for assessing local environmental problems in deprived neighbourhoods -- Gender and local environmental management in Accra -- Urban environmental justice in a changing world
Summary
Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this emerging agenda and analyses the key issues in a refreshingly simple yet sophisticated style. Taking a comparative look at cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book examines: the changing nature of urban environmental risks, the rules governing the distribution of such risks and their differential impact, how the risks arise and who is responsible The authors clearly describe the most pressing urban environ
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-194) and index
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