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Urban Sustainability: Policy and Praxis

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Editors:
  1. Jay D. Gatrell

    1. School of Environmental Studies, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USA

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  2. Ryan R. Jensen

    1. Department of Geography, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

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  3. Mark W. Patterson

    1. Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

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  4. Nancy Hoalst-Pullen

    1. Dept. Geography & Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

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  • Approaches the theme of urban sustainability from a geographic perspective, applying GIS/RS and mapping visualization techniques
  • Presents examples of sustainability practices in everyday life across policy, economics, and culture
  • Investigates dynamics of land use change and observed urban form
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Geotechnologies and the Environment (GEOTECH, volume 14)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Urban Sustainability: Perspectives on Change

    • Jay D. Gatrell, Mark W. Patterson
    Pages 1-3

  3. Urban Stream Management Using Spatial Approaches for Stream Clean-Up Data

    • Patrick Lawrence
    Pages 5-21

  4. Ecosystem Services Assessment from the Mountain to the Sea: In Search of a Method for Land- and Seascape Planning

    • Michelle E. Portman, Yarden Elhanan
    Pages 23-41

  5. Best Practices for Urban Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Data Acquisition and Processing

    • Vijay Lulla, Ryan R. Jensen
    Pages 43-54

  6. Thermal Neighborhoods, Socioeconomic Characteristics, and Urban Quality of Life: Examining Humanity’s Principal Habitat

    • Ryan R. Jensen, Perry J. Hardin
    Pages 55-64

  7. Sustainability, Greenspace and Nature Deficit in Las Vegas, Nevada

    • Daniel D. McLean, Ryan R. Jensen, Elizabeth Barrie
    Pages 65-75

  8. Social Networks, Strategic Doing, and Sustainable Management of Local Food Systems

    • Neil Reid
    Pages 77-98

  9. Poverty, Sustainability, & Metal Recycling: Geovisualizing the Case of Scrapping as a Sustainable Urban Industry in Detroit

    • Michael L. Chohaney, Charles D. Yeager, Jay D. Gatrell, David J. Nemeth
    Pages 99-133

  10. Where Are the Garden(er)s? Examining Gardener Motivations and Community Garden Participation-Sheds in Austin, Texas

    • Ronald R. Hagelman III, Gregory S. Mast, Colleen C. Hiner
    Pages 135-152

  11. Sustainability Attitudes and Actions: An Examination of Craft Brewers in the United States

    • Mark W. Patterson, Nancy Hoalst-Pullen, W. Blake Pierson
    Pages 153-168

  12. Food Hubs: Connecting Farms with Local and Regional Markets

    • LaDona Knigge, Jacob N. Brimlow, Sara S. Metcalf
    Pages 169-184

  13. Is Urban Sustainability Possible in Post-Katrina New Orleans?

    • Wendy A. Lascell
    Pages 185-199

  14. Mapping Environmental Justice: A Framework for Understanding Sustainability at the Neighborhood Scale in Indianapolis

    • Trevor K. Fuller
    Pages 201-215

  15. Unmanned Systems and Managing from Above: The Practical Implications of UAVs for Research Applications Addressing Urban Sustainability

    • Karen Gallagher, Patrick Lawrence
    Pages 217-232

  16. Urban Greening as a Social Movement

    • Sara S. Metcalf, Erika S. Svendsen, LaDona Knigge, Hua Wang, Harvey D. Palmer, Mary E. Northridge
    Pages 233-248

  17. Decision Making and Sustainability in Built Environments

    • Michael J. Clay, Jenna N. Albers
    Pages 249-264

  18. Geotechnologies & Sustainable Urban Environments

    • Ryan R. Jensen
    Pages 265-266
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About this book

This book explores the environmental, economic, and socio-political dynamics of sustainability from a geographic perspective. The chapters unite the often disparate worlds of environment, economics, and politics by seeking to understand and visualize a range of sustainability practices on the ground and in place. In concert, the book provides an overview of a range of geotechnical applications associated with environmental change (water resources, land use & land cover change); as well as investigates more nuanced and novel examples of local economic development in cities. The diverse collection maps local practices from urban farming to evolving and thriving industries such as metal scrapping and craft beer. Additionally, the book provides an integrated geo-technical framework for understanding and assessing ecosystem services, explores the deployment of unmanned systems to understand urban environmental change, interrogates the spatial politics of urban green movements, examines theimplications of revised planning practices, and investigates environmental justice. The book will be of interest to researchers, students, and anyone seeking to better understand sustainability at multiple scales in urban environments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Environmental Studies, Bellarmine University, Louisville, USA

    Jay D. Gatrell

  • Department of Geography, Brigham Young University, Provo, USA

    Ryan R. Jensen

  • Department of Geography and Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

    Mark W. Patterson

  • Dept. Geography & Anthropology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, USA

    Nancy Hoalst-Pullen

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