The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities

Gordon McGranahan,Charles Surjadi,Marianne Kjellen,Pedro Jacobi,Jacob Songsore

The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 March 2001
Pages
216
ISBN
9781853835629

The Citizens at Risk: From Urban Sanitation to Sustainable Cities

Gordon McGranahan,Charles Surjadi,Marianne Kjellen,Pedro Jacobi,Jacob Songsore

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.

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