Concrete Mirage

Governance, Equity, and Sustainable Cities in the United States Southwest

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Daily headlines of wildfires, drought, and record-breaking heat waves have brought climate change into our cities. The urgent challenge is to build cities that can adapt and thrive in the tumult of climate change. This is especially critical for growing cities in the Southwestern United States where rising temperatures and water scarcity threaten sustainability. Concrete Mirage is a timely discussion for those who have ever wondered, “what does it mean to be a sustainable desert city?” Erin Heinz critically examines sustainability as a goal, certification, and a consoling narrative shaping the future of desert cities. Drawing on interviews with sustainability experts from Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada, Concrete Mirage reveals how economic primacy touted by third party governance and city decision-making falls short in fostering long-term viability. By confronting the mirage of sustainable development, it delivers a stark message: desert cities must adopt strategies of collective austerity if they hope to survive.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-07-10
Mått158 x 234 x 24 mm
Vikt420 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEnvironment and Society
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666959802

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Paradox of Sustainable DevelopmentChapter 1: LEED for Cities: Metrics of Endurance?Chapter 2: Metrics for Profitable PredictionsChapter 3: Barriers to Transformation Part I: Stunted EquityChapter 4: Barriers to Transformation Part II: Controlled ParticipationChapter 5: Building Cohesion? The Planned City and Social EquityConclusion: Rethinking FoundationsAppendix A: Stone MotherAppendix B: A Note on Research MethodologyBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

"In Concrete Mirage: Governance, Equity, and Sustainable Cities in the United States Southwest, sociologist Erin Heinz offers a compelling investigation into the promises and challenges of implementing the principles of sustainable development in the creation of sustainable cities in the American Southwest. But much like the shimmering distortions the intensive desert heat reflects upon our asphalt highways, the certification of these sustainable cities may be more illusion than concrete fact. Importantly, Heinz unpacks the challenges cities and third-party certification agents face in achieving the critical aspects of social sustainability in addition to the better-understand environmental and economic aspects."