Environment & Urbanization

World leading environmental and urban studies journal

Book notes

This book describes the formal planning policy processes in the Chinese context. It illustrates them in reference to key statutory and non-statutory plans and instruments such as the City Comprehensive Plan, as well as with a few case studies like the Xiamen Urban Development Strategic Plan.

Building the Inclusive City shows the socially exclusionary nature of much urban development.

This paper examines the adaptation strategies of migrant workers to diverse livelihood risks and uncertainties in Indian cities.

This working paper was in press when a devastating earthquake struck Kathmandu on the 26th of April 2015, and then a second struck on the 12th of May. The current priority is recovery.

Food security is rarely prioritized in African cities, and food vendors are similarly ignored or stigmatised, despite providing a range of affordable, accessible meals. Furthermore, past research and urban policies usually overlook food hawkers selling inside informal settlements.

In recent years there has been increasing interest in area-based approaches among humanitarian actors responding to urban crises.

This briefing identifies key evidence gaps on urban crises and humanitarian responses, given that many international humanitarian actors have found that traditional approaches — often rurally-derived or camp-focused — are ill-suited to urban environments.

This volume joins 10 others in the Research in Urban Policy series published by Emerald. Can Tocqueville Karaoke?

As urbanization continues, more people will be exposed to direct and indirect hazards of climate change, especially children in urban poor communities of the global South.

Climate change is a key challenge for Asian cities in the global South.  As urbanization continues more people will be exposed to direct and indirect hazards of climate change within urban areas.

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