Category: Publications
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Relational geographies of urban unsustainability: The entanglement of California’s housing crisis with WUI growth and climate change
In a new article for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Santa Cruz researchers laid out the foundation for their highly-anticipated upcoming study of how lack of affordable housing in urban areas of California may be driving increased development in and near wildlands, leading to more severe climate change impacts. Read more in this campus…
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Chapter 2 | From Romance to Utilitarianism: Lessons on Work and Nature from the New Deal
Read Chapter 2 of this publication here. This book brings together leading experts to explore the possibilities of the Green New Deal, emphasizing the future of work. They examine transformations that are already underway and put forth bold new proposals that can provide jobs while reducing carbon consumption—building a world that is sustainable both economically…
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How Green Became Good | Urbanized Nature and the Making of Cities and Citizens
Purchase the book on the publisher’s website. As projects like Manhattan’s High Line, Chicago’s 606, China’s eco-cities, and Ethiopia’s tree-planting efforts show, cities around the world are devoting serious resources to urban greening. Formerly neglected urban spaces and new high-end developments draw huge crowds thanks to the considerable efforts of city governments. But why are…
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Sustainability: Approaches to Environmental Justice and Social Power
Purchase the book on the publisher’s website. A critical resource for approaching sustainability across the disciplines Sustainability and social justice remain elusive even though each is unattainable without the other. Across the industrialized West and the Global South, unsustainable practices and social inequities exacerbate one another. How do social justice and sustainability connect? What does…
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Sustainability in the Global City: Myth and Practice | Chapter 4 “The Sustainability Edge”
Read Chapter 4 of this book here. Cities play a pivotal but paradoxical role in the future of our planet. As world leaders and citizens grapple with the consequences of growth, pollution, climate change, and waste, urban sustainability has become a ubiquitous catchphrase and a beacon of hope. Yet, we know little about how the…
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Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans
Purchase the book here. Crisis Cities blends critical theoretical insight with a historically-grounded comparative study to examine the redevelopment efforts following the 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina disasters. Based on years of research in the two cities, Gotham and Greenberg contend that New York and New Orleans have emerged as paradigmatic crisis cities, representing a free-market approach…
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Branding New York: How a City in Crisis Was Sold to the World
Purchase the book here. Branding New York traces the rise of New York City as a brand and the resultant transformation of urban politics and public life. Greenberg addresses the role of “image” in urban history, showing who produces brands and how, and demonstrates the enormous consequences of branding. She shows that the branding of New…