International Handbook of Cities and the Environment

This Handbook explores how nature has been socially constructed within urban spaces throughout history, and how this has impacted the relationship between cities and their environments. Several contemporary theoretical framings of urban environments, as well as case studies, investigate economic, political, legal, and cultural issues relating to urban environments, including issues surrounding sustainability, development, globalization, resilience, social and environmental justice, and political ecology. Different visions of the urban environmental future are also presented.