foreword by John Friedmann 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 Mexican government's initial response to these "irregular" human settlements was contradictory and reactive. Social unrest, ecological deterioration, and violence have all been part of the continuing crisis.The heart of the book is the story of what happened when residents of Los Belvederes, a group of Ajusco settlements, fought relocation by proposing that Los Belvederes be transformed into Colonias Ecolthe bo Productivas, or productive ecology settlements. Through innovative organized resistance, their grass-roots movement generated environmental and social action that eventually won crucial state support. 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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"This book is recommended for anyone interested in urban planning and the struggle for sustainable development in the urbancontext.... Human Settlements and Planning for Ecological Sustainability goes to the heart of what is needed to accomplish sustainable development in an urban setting.... This book and the study it contains are vital to our future." Mark J. Spalding, Journal of Environment &Development
"This book transects a number of important fields and will be a mustfor scholars interested in sustainable development, political ecology,third world urbanization, comparative environmental politics, and newsocial movements." Stephen Mumme , Professor of Political Science,Colorado State University
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Keith Pezzoli is Lecturer and Director of Field Research in the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of California, San Diego.
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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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Since the early 1980s, "irregular" (i.e., illegal) human settlements have encroached deeper and deeper into Mexico City's so-called ecological reserve. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
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Since the early 1980s, "irregular" (i.e., illegal) human settlements have encroached deeper and deeper into Mexico City's so-called ecological reserve. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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