Suchergebnisse

Machine generated contents note: 1. Local Politics of Global Environmental Governance -- Legitimacy, Equity, and Effectiveness: Environmental Governance and the Green City -- Legitimacy -- Equity -- Effectiveness -- Varieties of Liberal Environmentalism -- Structure of the Book -- 2. From Keynesianism to Liberal Environmentalism -- Cities in the Golden Age of Capitalism -- Environmentalism, Economic Growth, and Its Limits -- The End of the Golden Age -- Neoliberalism and Retrenchment -- Roll-backs to Liberal Environmentalism -- Conclusion -- 3. Greening the Post-Industrial City -- Green Urban Entrepreneurialism -- The Green Star of Urban Entrepreneurialism -- Flowers, Parks, and the Rebuilding of Chicago -- Millennium Park: The Private Benefits of Public Space -- Quality of Life and Corporate Subsidies -- Celebrating Green Chicago -- Greening a Concrete Jungle -- Birmingham's Gamble on International Tourism -- Canals, Consumption, and the Re-Creation of Urban Nature.

Land acknowledgment -- Editors' acknowledgments -- Introduction : urban cascadia and the green imaginary / Nik Janos and Corina McKendry -- Part 1 : urbanization -- Dwelling with the entwined ecotopian and techno-utopian legacies of cascadia / Jeffery C. Sanders -- The making of urban cascadia : extending urbanization through airplanes, software, and infrastructure / Nik Janos -- Infrastructural wilderness : Seattle and the binding of city and region / Thaïsa Way and Ken P. Yocom -- Urbanization and water governance dynamics in Bend and Hood river, Oregon / Alida Cantor and Alexander Reid Ross -- Part 2 : inequalities -- Tales of three cities : urban history, settler colonialism, and indigenous survivance in Seattle, Vancouver, and Victoria / Coll Thrush -- A history of Puyallup fishing resistance / Danica Miller -- Our river, our future : more-than-local grassroots activism in the Portland harbor / Erin Goodling -- The progressive promise of reconciliation in Vancouver's northeast false creek / Giuseppe Tolfo -- Governance -- Against "Seattle-ization:" housing justice activism in the age of Amazon / Jennifer Rice -- Conflicting sustainabilities and the limits of localized green governance / Corina McKendry -- Ecological democracy and the Duwamish river cleanup / Mark Purcell -- Drawing the thin green line : throwing a wrench in carbon commodity chains / Corina McKendry and Nik Janos -- Conclusion -- Nik Janos and Corina McKendry -- List of contributors.

"Urban Cascadia-roughly, the Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver corridor-enjoys a reputation for progressive ideals and forward-thinking green urbanism. Yet there is more to the region's environmental politics that meet the eye. Nik Janos and Corina McKendry propose an edited collection that examines the environmental transformation of these cities, using a critical lens on the surrounding myths and imaginaries to probe underlying structural inequalities and contradictions. In particular, contributors across disciplines (but along a nexus of geography, sociology, and history) seek to better understand the capitalist urbanization of nature, the creation of social and environmental inequalities, and the movements to fight for social and environmental justice. The goal isn't to debunk the region's image or offer a story of green boosterism. But by grappling with the contradictions of the urbanization of Cascadia, they hope to offer insight on sustainability, social justice, urban governance, and the politics of climate change. The idea to offer a one-stop assessment for those interested in the region, and to push for a more critical approach to narratives about sustainability"--

The imperative of climate change has inspired hundreds of cities across the United States to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yet in some contexts, urban greening and climate action have exacerbated social injustices, spawning green gentrification or increasing the cost of living. In response, cities are beginning to shift their governing institutions to foster collaboration between departments and build local capacities while leaning into the interconnected nature of climate change mitigation, housing affordability, and social justice. Through a cross-case comparison of Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah, two cities committed to climate action while facing severe housing crises, this study argues that cities are entering a new phase of urban climate action, one that can build a more sustainable and equitable urban environment for all.