Book Notes

Book Notes give short descriptions of recently published books, papers and reports on all subjects relevant to the environment and development. Priority is given to items produced by research groups and NGOs in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This section also includes short descriptions of newsletters and journals. Send us a copy of any publication you would like included; we produce Book Notes of publications in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

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A History of Housing in New York City (Revised Edition)

Richard Plunz, 2016, 460 pages. Published by Columbia University Press, ISBN: 9780231178358.

Urban Environments in Africa: A Critical Analysis of Environmental Politics

Garth Myers, 2016, 216 pages. Published by Policy Press, ISBN: 9781447322924.

Aid in context: the importance of market-based approaches to aid delivery in northern Syria

Deborah Cummins and Sarah Moharram, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

A Research Agenda for Cities

John Rennie Short (editor), 2017, 292 pages. Published by Edward Elgar, ISBN: 9781785363412.

A child is a child: Protecting children on the move from violence, abuse and exploitation

UNICEF, 2017, 60 pages. ISBN: 9789280648782.

Cash transfers during urban crises: lessons for women’s economic empowerment

Zahrah Nesbitt- Ahmed, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

New Urban Worlds: Inhabiting Dissonant Times

AbdouMaliq Simone and Edgar Pieterse, 2017, 192 pages. Published by Polity, 9780745691565.

Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change: Keeping Our Heads above Water

Manoj Roy, Joseph Hanlon and David Hulme, 2016, 250 pages. Published by Anthem Press, ISBN: 9781783086337.

Geographies of Forced Eviction: Dispossession, Violence, Resistance

Katherine Brickell, Melissa Fernández Arrigoitia and Alexander Vasudevan (editors), 2017, 230 pages. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 9781137511263.

SDG Index and Dashboards Report 2017

Jeffrey Sachs, Guido Schmidt-Traub, Christian Kroll, David Durand-Delacre and Katerina Teksoz, 2017, 389 pages. Published by Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Supporting water service providers during conflicts

Loan Diep, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Security of tenure in urban areas: Guidance Note for Humanitarian Practitioners

Stronger Cities Consortium, 2017, 60 pages. Published by the International Institute for Environment and Development, ISBN: 9781784314743.

Rethinking precarious neighborhoods

Agnès Deboulet (editor), 2016, 250 pages. Published by Agence Française de Développement.

Confronting the Urban Housing Crisis in the Global South: Adequate, Secure, and Affordable Housing

Robin King, Mariana Orloff, Terra Virsilas and Tejas Pande, 2017, 40 pages. Published by the World Resources Institute.

Integrating livelihoods and protection for displaced persons in urban humanitarian response

Laura Gauer Bermudez, 2017, 44 pages. Published by the International Institute for Environment and Development, ISBN: 9781784314767.

The SAGE Handbook of New Urban Studies

John Hannigan and Greg Richards (editors), 2017, 610 pages. Published by SAGE, ISBN: 9781412912655.

Upgrading Informal Settlements in South Africa: A Partnership-Based Approach

Liza Rose Cirolia, Tristan Görgens, Mirjam van Donk, Warren Smit and Scott Drimie (editors), 2016, 497 pages. Published by UCT Press, ISBN: 9781775820833.

Enacting urban cash for work programmes in Lebanon in response to the Syrian refugee crisis

Pamela Sitko, 2017, 24 pages. Published by the International Institute for Environment and Development, ISBN: 9781784314750.

Planetary Gentrification

Loretta Lees, Hyun Bang Shin and Ernesto López-Morales, 2016, 269 pages. Published by Polity Press, ISBN: 9780745671659.

The Water-Sustainable City: Science, Policy and Practice

David Lewis Feldman, 2017, 197 pages. Published by Edward Elgar, ISBN: 9781783478552.

Women and children fleeing Boko Haram: their experiences in Nigerian cities

Aliyu Barau, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Urban refugees in Delhi: self-reliance can’t be exclusively entrepreneurial

Jessica Field, Anubhav Dutt Tiwari and Yamini Mookherjee, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico

Veronica Herrera, 2017, 259 pages. Published by University of Michigan Press, ISBN: 9780472130320.

Thirsting for a Future: Water and children in a changing climate

UNICEF, 2017, 79 pages. ISBN: 9789280648744.

Experiments

Ariella Cohen (editor), 2017, 29 pages. Published by Next City.

Sustainable Food Systems: The Role of the City

Robert Biel, 2016, 145 pages. Published by UCL Press, ISBN: 9781911307075.

Regreening the Built Environment: Nature, Green Space, and Sustainability

Michael A Richards, 2018, 237 pages. Published by Routledge, ISBN: 9781138718791.

Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?

David Hulme, 2016, 139 pages. Published by Polity Press, ISBN: 9780745686066.

Risk, Resilience, Inequality and Environmental Law

Bridget M Hutter (editor), 2017. Published by Edward Elgar, ISBN: 9781785363795.

The effects of compact urban form: A qualitative and quantitative evidence review

Gabriel Ahlfedlt and Elisabetta Pietrostefani, 2017, 84 pages. Published by the Coalition for Urban Transitions.

Surviving in Cairo as a closed-file refugee: socio-economic and protection challenges

Nourhan Abdel Aziz, 2017, 36 pages. Working paper, International Institute for Environment and Development, ISBN: 9781784314972.

Rethinking post-disaster relocation in urban India

Garima Jain, Chandni Singh and Teja Malladi, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Enabling private investment in informal settlements: exploring the potential of community finance

Wayne Shand, Sarah Colenbrander, Diana Mitlin, Jane Weru, Nutta Ratanachaichan, Katharina Neureiter, Sheela Patel and David Satterthwaite, 2017, 43 pages. Published by Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED).

Smell Detectives: An Olfactory History of Nineteenth-Century Urban America

Melanie A Kiechle, 2017, 352 pages. Published by University of Washington Press, ISBN: 9780295741932.

Directly Elected Mayors in Urban Governance: Impact and Practice

David Sweeting, 2017, 281 pages. Published by Polity Press, ISBN: 9781447327028.

Upholding the rights of urban refugees in Uganda

William Monteith, Shuaib Lwasa, Gloria Nsangi, Hakimu Sseviiri and Disan Byarugaba, 2017, 4 pages. Briefing, International Institute for Environment and Development.

Children and the Geography of Violence: Why Space and Place Matter

Sheridan Bartlett, 2018, 170 pages. Published by Earthscan, ISBN: 9781138040878.

Local Action on Climate Change: Opportunities and Constraints

Susie Moloney, Hartmut Fuenfgeld and Mikael Granberg (editors), 2018, 162 pages. Published by Routledge, ISBN: 9781138681521.