The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice

by Melissa Checker

WINNER OF THE 2021 DELMOS JONES AND JAGNA SHARFF MEMORIAL PRIZE FOR THE CRITICAL STUDY OF NORTH AMERICA

Uncovers the hidden costs and contradictions of sustainable policies in an era driven by real estate development

From state-of-the-art parks to rooftop gardens, efforts to transform New York City's unsightly industrial waterfronts into green, urban oases have received much public attention. In The Sustainability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479835080
• ISBN13: 9781479835089
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"