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Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability: The Case of Mexico City (Urban and Industrial Environments) | 
 enlarge | Author: Keith Pezzoli
Creator: John Friedmann
Publisher: The MIT Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1282275
Media: Paperback
Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 0262661144
Dewey Decimal Number: 333
EAN: 9780262661140
ASIN: 0262661144
Publication Date: July 31, 2000
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In many areas of the world, environmental degradation in and around human settlements is undermining prospects for both socioeconomic justice and ecological sustainability. To explore the issues involved in this worldwide problem, Keith Pezzoli focuses on a dramatic instance of conflict that grew out of the unauthorized penetration of human settlements into the Ajusco greenbelt zone, a vital part of Mexico City's ecological reserve.
The heart of the book is the story of what happened when residents of the Ajusco settlements fought relocation by proposing that the areas be transformed into productive ecology settlements. Pezzoli draws upon urban and regional planning theory and practice to examine biophysical as well as ethical and social sides of the story, and he uses the Mexican experience to identify planning strategies to link economy, ecology, and community in sustainable development.
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Regional Development April 22, 2000
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Pezzoli's book offers an insightful and applicable understanding of sustainable development through regional activism. This book is appropriate for scholars, academics, activists, and developers but is easily readable by all peoples.
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