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- Analyzes Community Participation Initiatives in Urban Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation Efforts
- Provides an In-Depth Focus on the Urban-Natural Environment Nexus
- Emphasizes the Need to Integrate Nature into Built Space
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Geosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
Ambe J. Njoh
About the author
Ambe J. Njoh is a Professor of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of South Florida (USF), USA. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Planning Studies from the University of London’s Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Bartlett School of Architecture & Planning. Prior to earning the Ph.D., Njoh had completed a Masters of City & Regional Planning (MCRP) from the School of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, and a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from the Advanced School of Public Works in Cameroon. Before becoming part of the teaching staff at USF, he served as Transit Planning Manager at the Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida. He was the Pioneer Director of the Urban & Regional Planning Program at USF from 2009 to 2014. Professor Njoh has written 11 books, and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and technical reports. Many of his peer-reviewed publications are on community participation in water and sanitation service provisioning, renewable energy policy and systems, and land use policy. His two most recent books are Urban Planning and Public Health in Africa published by Ashgate (2014), and French Urbanism in Foreign Lands, published by Springer (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nature in the Built Environment
Book Subtitle: Global Politico-Economic, Geo-Ecologic and Socio-Historical Perspectives
Authors: Ambe J. Njoh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39759-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39758-6Published: 04 March 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-39761-6Published: 04 March 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-39759-3Published: 03 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 209
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Geography, Environmental Sociology, Environment Studies, Development and Sustainability, Development Policy