Social sustainability, climate resilience and community-based urban development : what about the people?
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Social sustainability, climate resilience and community-based urban development : what about the people?
（Routledge focus on environment and sustainability）（Routledge focus）
Routledge, 2018
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
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
10 Recommendations: Planning and Designing for the Socially Sustainable, Resilient Community
References
Index
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