Keywords
Citation
(2004), "The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities", International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 5 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijshe.2004.24905bae.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities
The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities
Gordon McGranahan, Pedro Jacobi, Jacob Songsore, Charles Surjadi and Marianne KjellénEarthscanLondon2001 (relaunched)216 pp.ISBN 1-85383-561-7£16.95
Keywords: Urban environment, Health, Green issues
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, as well as how the risks arise and who is responsible.
The authors describe the most pressing urban environmental challenges, such as improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements, ensuring sustainable urban development in a globalizing world, and achieving environmental justice along with the greening of development.
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