Environment & Urbanization

World leading environmental and urban studies journal

Book notes

This book sets out to investigate why concessional contracts in Argentina’s water and sanitation sector perform differently in terms of their long-term viability, specifically considering the changing institutional environments before and after the economic crisis in 2001.

Documenting the process of applying a systems approach to participatory vulnerability assessment, this M-BRACE report provides an overview of the complex challenges Asian cities face regarding urbanization and climate change.

This is a “twelve years after” study of population and health dynamics in Nairobi’s informal settlements.

This WIEGO working paper addresses the question of how to compile statistical data that meaningfully compares something as dynamic, diverse and conceptually contested as the informal economy. 

This book makes the case for incorporating green infrastructure into existing and new cities and city districts through the presentation of successful city initiatives, with many colour photos to show what has been done.

This is a large format and very visual atlas that charts the diversity of the world’s cities over time, focusing on different types of cities produced by processes of urbanization.

This is perhaps a surprising publication for an environment and urban-focused journal to give attention to – since its 538 pages give almost no attention to environmental issues and little to urban issues.

Structured in three parts, this book provides a detailed discussion of the historical developments toward humane urbanism in American cities.

This is probably the most detailed and up-to-date summary of the quality and extent of provision of basic services in each region of the world. The main body of the work is seven regional chapters.

As a celebration of urban scholars and scholarship, the 50 chapters written by practitioners and theorists invite readers to reflect on the diversity of cities while getting to the core of debates related to cities of the Global South.

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