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Summary:

Experts from academia, government, and nonprofit organizations offer an environmental justice perspective on Smart Growth, discussing equitable solutions to suburban sprawl and urban decay.

Table of Contents:

• Smart growth meets environmental justice / Robert D. Bullard
• Race, poverty, and urban sprawl : access to opportunities through regional strategies / John A. Powell
• ¿Quién es más urbanista? Latinos and smart growth / Manuel Pastor, Jr.
• Sprawl and civil rights : a mayor's reflections / William A. Johnson, Jr.
• Nashville : an experiment in metropolitan governance / David A. Padgett
• Smart growth and the legacy of segregation in Richland County, South Carolina / Maya Wiley
• Food justice and health in communities of color / Kimberly Morland and Steve Wing
• Washed away by Hurricane Katrina : rebuilding a "new" New Orleans / Beverly Wright and Robert D. Bullard
• Confronting transportation sprawl in metro Atlanta / Robert D. Bullard, Glenn S. Johnson, and Angel O. Torres
• Environmental justice and transportation equity : a review of MPOs / Thomas W. Sanchez and James F. Wolf
• Beyond dirty diesels : clean and just transportation in Northern Manhattan / Swati R. Prakash
• Linking transportation equity and environmental justice with smart growth / Don Chen
• Building regional coalitions between cities and suburbs / Myron Orfield
• Smart growth tools for revitalizing environmentally challenged urban communities / Daniel J. Hutch.

Contributors:

Bullard, Robert D. (Robert Doyle), 1946- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Growing smarter (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007 — ISBN 0262026104; ISBN 9780262026109; LCCN 2006046670; OCLC Number 70292152)

Related Series:

Urban and industrial environments

Urban and industrial environments > Sustainable metropolitan communities books

Subjects:

Cities and towns — United States — Growth

Sustainable development — United States

Environmental justice — United States

Social justice — United States

Regional disparities — United States

Minorities — Civil rights — United States

ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy

URBANISM/General

Cities and towns — Growth

Cities and towns

Sustainable development

Environmental justice

Social justice

Regional disparities

Minorities — Civil rights

Minorities

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 407 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HT384.U5 G76 2007eb

ISBNs:

9780262269537 (electronic bk.)
0262269538 (electronic bk.)
1282097296
9781282097292
9781429457873
1429457872
9780262026109 (alk. paper) [Invalid]
0262026104 (alk. paper) [Invalid]
9780262524704 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
0262524708 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2006046670 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

85901377