Lisa Benton-Short Livres

Focusing on urban environments, the book explores their historical development and its environmental impacts on city dwellers. It addresses contemporary challenges like urban ecology, climate change, and resource management, emphasizing the need for sustainable practices. The discourse on sustainability is examined through various theoretical lenses, highlighting environmental justice and the influence of gender and race. Finally, it showcases diverse urban sustainability initiatives, from simple greening efforts to comprehensive plans that incorporate multiple sustainability dimensions.

From advertising exec in the city to charcoal burner in the woods: a frank and inspiring memoir about letting go of what we're told to want, risking everything to find happiness and the brutal salve of nature.

This wide-ranging and state-of-the-art new edition reviews the classic contributions to understanding modern and post-modern cities, and is comprehensively updated to take account of the issues and concepts at stake in 21st century urban theory.

Urban leaders are increasingly focusing on sustainability challenges by adopting holistic and collaborative approaches to problem-solving. Drawing from plans and progress reports of over fifty US cities, the book highlights innovative strategies and practices that municipalities are implementing to address complex issues. It emphasizes the importance of integrated solutions and the role of cities in leading the charge toward a more sustainable future.

Focusing on sustainability, this introductory textbook explores key challenges through the lens of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It integrates environmental science and policy with interdisciplinary perspectives, examining important concepts, trends, and geographic patterns related to sustainability. Organized around the 17 SDGs, it provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the complexities of creating a more sustainable future.

A profound and incisive analysis of the invasion of Washington’s Capitol on January 6th, 2021.

How has demography shaped the Arab Spring, migrant flights from Africa to Europe, budget negotiations in the USA, immigration debates in Japan and economic growth in India and Brazil, among others? John Rennie Short explores the wide-ranging economic, social and public policy implications of population changes using contemporary case studies.

Applied Economics: Public Financial Management and Development is focused on economics applied to public financial management and development. It charts over 50 years of the author's practical experience of economics and public policy in 60 countries on five continents, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. The book's main focal point is on central and local government budgeting, tracing the progress of revenue aspects and expenditure allocation over time from inputs alone to matching these inputs to achieving and measuring service delivery in programmes. It also presents the assessment instruments that measure public financial management strength and weakness, with real-life illustrations of their application. All of these instruments use examples from the countries that the author has worked in, demonstrating the conditions faced - mostly stable economic environments, but at times during periods of conflict and insecurity, as well as neighbouring geopolitical tension.These experiences have been gained from the author's resident assignments and short-term visits (mainly multiple over many years) as a consultant for the IMF, World Bank, and bilateral development programmes as well as academic research.

Written in an easily accessible style and format, it provides an in-depth critical analysis into the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s franchise model and offers an alternative vision for future Games. This book is an important contribution to understanding the consequences for the host cities of Olympic Games.

"INFORMAL POLITICS: THE MAIN AGENTS"--"OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES" -- "Part 4 People and the Urban Environment" -- "11 Perception and Activity the City" -- "PERCEPTION AND EVALUATION" -- "ACTIVITY IN THE CITY" -- "12 The City as Ecological Unit" -- "ENVIRONMENTAL INPUTS" -- "URBAN IMPACTS" -- "CONCLUSIONS