urban environment

This thesis is a case study in a Social Gospel approach to nature, human health and environmental politics. Human health and non-human nature were mutually constitutive in Washington Gladden’s vision of health. In sermons from 1869 to 1910, Gladden argued that human health was c…

The main objective of the research is to examine the human and institutional interactions in urban water resources management in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the impacts on the resource. The study has three specific objectives: (1) to investigate in detail at a city level, using Ower…

This dissertation contends that environmental health conditions in urban areas of developing countries take precedence over other environmental concerns. It focuses on Malaysia and Penang Island. The purpose is to highlight the sorry state of environmental health conditions in m…

Burgeoning environmental crises in cities have sparked academic and practical inquiry into urban environmental issues. My review of academic literature and government and donor policies and publications reveals two weaknesses: (1) researchers depict cities homogeneously, failing…

Cities now constitute one of the most rapidly growing ecosystems in the world, and with the global spotlight on increasing urbanization and development, the focus on wildlife in ‘natural’ systems is sharing importance with a focus on wildlife in urban systems, providing unique r…