The Citizens at Risk (Earthscan Risk in Society) - Softcover

McGranahan, Gordon; Songsor, Jacob; Surjadi, Charles; Kjellen, Marianne; Jacobi, Pedro

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853835617 ISBN 13: 9781853835612

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this emerging agenda and analyses the key issues in a refreshingly simple yet sophisticated style. 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, how the risks arise and who is responsible The authors clearly 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. They argue that current debates on sustainable development fail to come to terms with these challenges, and call for a more politically and ethically explicit approach. For policy makers, students, academics, activists or concerned general readers, this book applies a wealth of empirical analysis and theoretical insight to the interaction of citizens, their cities and their environment.

About this title

About the Author:

Gordon McGranahan is a senior researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development in London. Pedro Jacobi is Associate Professor in the Economics of Education Department at the University of Sao Paulo. Jacob Songsore is Professor of Geography at the University of Ghana-Legon. Charles Surjadi is Professor of Public Health at Atma Jaya University in Indonesia. Marianne Kjellen is a researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute.

Review:

'We face climate change, resource scarcity and economic turmoil. If all we do is complain, and seek to soften the edges of a flawed economic system, we'll end up complaining over a cliff. We need a new economy and this book creates an inspiring, believabl

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1853835617
• ISBN 13: 9781853835612
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216