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245 10 a| Landscape of discontenth| [electronic resource] :b| urban sustainability in immigrant Paris /c| Andrew Newman.;

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300 a| xliii, 253 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index.;

505 0 a| Poets and Locomotives : Ecology and Politics on the Margins of Paris -- Space, Style, and Grassroots Strategy in the Eole Mobilization -- Cultivating the Republic? : Parks, Gardens, and Youth -- The End(s) of Urban Ecology in the Global City -- To Watch and Be Watched : Urban Design, Vigilance, and Contested Streets -- The Political Life of Small Urban Spaces -- Conclusion.;

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520 2 a| "On a rainy day in May 2007, the mayor of Paris inaugurated the Jardins d'Eole, a park whose completion was hailed internationally as an exemplar of sustainable urbanism. The park was the result of a hard-fought, decade-long protest movement in a low-income Maghrebi and African immigrant district starved for infrastructure, but the Mayor's vision of urban sustainability was met with jeers. Drawing extensively from immersive, firsthand ethnographic research with northeast Paris residents, as well as an analysis of green architecture and urban design, Andrew Newman argues that environmental politics must be separated from the construct of urban sustainability, which has been appropriated by forces of redevelopment and gentrification in Paris and beyond. France's turbulent political environment also provides Newman with powerful new insights into the ways in which multiethnic coalitions can emerge--even amid overt racism and Islamophobia--in the struggle for more just cities and more inclusive societies. A tale of multidimensional political efforts, Landscape of Discontent cuts through the rhetoric of green cities to reveal the promise that environmentalism holds for urban communities anywhere"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Landscape of discontent urban sustainability in immigrant Paris / Andrew Newman.

Author/creator	Newman, Andrew, 1978-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2015]
Description	xliii, 253 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from JSTOR eBooks
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Urban ecology (Sociology)--France. --Paris. Urban parks--Social aspects. --France. --Paris. Sustainable urban development--France. --Paris. City planning--Environmental aspects. --France. --Paris. Environmentalism--Political aspects. --France. --Paris. Immigrants--France. --Paris. --Social conditions. Immigrants--Political activity. --France. --Paris. Paris (France)--Environmental conditions. Paris (France)--Ethnic relations. Paris (France)--Politics and government.

Series	A quadrant book
Contents	Poets and Locomotives : Ecology and Politics on the Margins of Paris -- Space, Style, and Grassroots Strategy in the Eole Mobilization -- Cultivating the Republic? : Parks, Gardens, and Youth -- The End(s) of Urban Ecology in the Global City -- To Watch and Be Watched : Urban Design, Vigilance, and Contested Streets -- The Political Life of Small Urban Spaces -- Conclusion.
Scope and content	"On a rainy day in May 2007, the mayor of Paris inaugurated the Jardins d'Eole, a park whose completion was hailed internationally as an exemplar of sustainable urbanism. The park was the result of a hard-fought, decade-long protest movement in a low-income Maghrebi and African immigrant district starved for infrastructure, but the Mayor's vision of urban sustainability was met with jeers. Drawing extensively from immersive, firsthand ethnographic research with northeast Paris residents, as well as an analysis of green architecture and urban design, Andrew Newman argues that environmental politics must be separated from the construct of urban sustainability, which has been appropriated by forces of redevelopment and gentrification in Paris and beyond. France's turbulent political environment also provides Newman with powerful new insights into the ways in which multiethnic coalitions can emerge--even amid overt racism and Islamophobia--in the struggle for more just cities and more inclusive societies. A tale of multidimensional political efforts, Landscape of Discontent cuts through the rhetoric of green cities to reveal the promise that environmentalism holds for urban communities anywhere"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-238) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014049429
ISBN	9780816689620 (hardback : acid-free paper)
ISBN	9780816689637 (paperback : acid-free paper)

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