{"product_id":"our-urban-future-isbn-9780262546843","title":"Our Urban Future","description":"\u003cb\u003eA practical, comprehensive textbook that uses active learning techniques to teach about the challenges and opportunities associated with urban sustainability.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the problem of urban sustainability has long been a subject of great scholarly interest, there has, until now, been no single source providing a multi-disciplinary, exhaustive view of how it can be effectively taught. Filling this gap, \u003cu\u003eOur Urban Future\u003c\/u\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003euses active learning techniques to comprehensively relate the theory of urban sustainability and the what, why, and how of sustainable cities. This practical, pedagogically rich textbook concisely covers all the key subjects of the field, including ecosystem services and transects, the internal design and patterning of urban elements, how cities mitigate and adapt to climate change,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand questions of environmental justice. It functions as both an illuminating roadmap and active reference to which any student of sustainability can turn to find essential resources and perspectives in pursuit of creating sustainable cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApproachable, discrete exercises introduce students to key sustainability subjects\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn-by-doing approach encourages critically engaging from multiple angles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for students across environmental sustainability, urban planning, urban design, urban studies, sociology architecture, landscape architecture, and geography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobust suite of ancillaries includes links and downloadable data to support activities, and additional readings and resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction ix\u003cbr\u003e1 The Sustainable City 1\u003cbr\u003e2 Urban Ecosystem Services 9\u003cbr\u003e3 The Rural-to-Urban Transect 25\u003cbr\u003e4 Green Space 37\u003cbr\u003e5 Density 55\u003cbr\u003e6 Neighborhood Diversity 73\u003cbr\u003e7 Mobility 93\u003cbr\u003e8 Resource Planning in Cities 113\u003cbr\u003e9 Environmental Justice 137\u003cbr\u003eNotes 147\u003cbr\u003eIndex 149\u003cb\u003eEmily Talen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Urbanism at the University of Chicago, where she teaches urban design and directs the Urbanism Lab, and author of \u003cu\u003eNeighborhood\u003c\/u\u003e, among many other books. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSabina Shaikh\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Instructional Professor in the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization at the University of Chicago, where she is the Director of Academic Programs, and conducts research on environment and migration in Southeast Asia. She is the faculty director of Chicago Studies and the co-lead of the Environmental Frontiers Initiative at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation.","brand":"The MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301304029413,"sku":"NP9780262546843","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780262546843.jpg?v=1767734346","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/our-urban-future-isbn-9780262546843","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}