Toward sustainable cities
Subtitle: readings in the anthropology of urban environments
By: Kiyotaka Aoyagi, Peter J.M. Nas, John W. Traphagan, editors.
Contributors: Aoyagi, Kiyotaka, 1930-; Nas, P.; Traphagan, John W.
Series: Leiden development studies ;; no. 15
Publisher: Leiden Development Studies, Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, University of Leiden
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
Subjects: Urbanization.; City planning -- Environmental aspects.; Sustainable development.; Urban agriculture.; Urban anthropology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Iranian city of Kashan : between the desert and the mountain / Soheila Shahshahani; title: Emic weeds or etic wild flowers? : structuring 'the environment' in a Japanese town; title: Urban agriculture in non-Western cities / Margriet Veenma; title: Small-scale market gardeners aroud Jos, Nigeria / Leo van den Berg, David Grossman and Hyacinth I. Ajaegbu; title: Cities of sludge : the politics of waste disposal in New York and Tokyo / Jerry Eades; title: Changing views of the sea in a Japanese port town / Toru Anami; title: Urban environment in developing countries and cultural anthropology : a Brazilian experience / Takashi Maeyama; title: The Kobe earthquake : a report on a natural disaster in urban Japan / Toshinao Yoneyama; title: Tour to the inner city of Tokyo : waste management and green space in the urban environment / Kiyotaka Aoyagi.