Dialogues of sustainable urbanisation: Social science research and transitions to urban contexts
About This Book
1 Christopher Luederitz and Beatrice John, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany The “WHY” – Sustainable transformations of urban environments “Cities are the abyss of the human species” wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762 (1972, p. 59). His description of human life in urban environments is widely echoed in today’s view. Cities are held accountable for producing human ill-health, contributing to climate change, and threatening the diversity and viability of life on Earth (i.e. Grimm et al., 200
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 40 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |