Urbanization and Sustainability

Contents.- 1. Urbanization and Sustainability: The ‘Why’ and ‘How’ of Linking Urban Ecology, Environmental Justice, and Global Environmental Change.- 2. What is a City? An Essential Definition for Sustainability.- 3. Ecology and Environmental Justice: Understanding Disturbance Using Ecological Theory.- 4. Connecting Environmental Justice, Sustainability, and Vulnerability.- 5. Urban Ecology and Nature’s Services Infrastructure: Policy Implications of the Million Trees Initiative of The City of Los Angeles.- 6. Risky Business: Cap-and-Trade, Public Health, and Environmental Justice.- 7. Urbanization, Environmental Justice and Social-Environmental Vulnerability in Brazil.- 8. Environmental Inequality in São Paulo City: An Analysis of Differential Exposure of Social Groups to Situations of Environmental Risk.- 9. Climate Change Adaptation and Socio-Ecological Justice in Chile’s Metropolitan Areas: The Role of Spatial Planning Instruments.-  10. Double Exposure in the Sunbelt: The Sociospatial Distribution of Vulnerability in Phoenix, Arizona.- 11. Climate Change, Urban Flood Vulnerability and Responsibility in Taipei.- Index.