Sustainable Cities simultaneously tackles two issues of immediate public concern which also find themselves high on the policy agenda: sustainable environmental development and urban development. The themes of the book - the bringing together of the insights of environmental science; the social sciences and management; the combination of problem analysis with practical application; and a critique of urban environmental problems concentrating on air and water pollution - are illustrated throughout with in-depth material and case studies taken from around the world and are approached from a variety of perspectives: economic; ecological and managerial. Each chapter has a concluding section pointing to key concepts; key reading and a range of discussion points.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Top-notch IntroBy Jean VenguaA very good; basic introduction to dada and surrealism. Id read more from this author.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Cory K.Great!25 of 25 people found the following review helpful. A Very Good; Well Balanced OverviewBy Rodney J. SzaszAs a person with an enduring fascination and respect for the early Dadaists I found this introduction offered a very good and (despite the title) in-depth coverage of most aspects of Dada and Surrealism.The theme is comparison and contrast and also the development of thematic elements in both currents: how they rose to; or challenged each other and society. The basic differences in Dada as Anti-Art and Surrealism as Art-for-arts sake is well considered. The latter bourgoeise taste was very much derided by the original Dadas. The political development of both groups is also analysed; their stances on feminism; colonialism and mass movements.The one thing that I found not covered in this book -- and is also not covered in most books on this subject is; how two movements with such anti-establishment themes fared in the sometimes authoritarian societies that spawned them... how for example were the German Dadaist allowed to escape the Freikorps and later the Nazis? What did Franco think of Dali and Picasso? Some French Dada/Surrealists such as Andre Breton were able to escape from Vichy France to America; but what about the others...?In short; although both streams rebelled against the main thoughts that dominated society -- they were almost all consumate individualists -- how were they able to do so? Since most Dadaists survived WWII I must surmise that either Hitler left them alone; or they lowered their profile to such a degree that they become insignificant. But again; since they were at the forefront of criticising the automaton man that society produced in WWI; the question remains; how did they manage to avoid getting it in the neck when the rest of the world was racing headlong into the twin dispairs of Fascism and Communism?