Nature in the Built Environment

Chapter 1. Environmental Stewardship and Built Space.- Chapter 2. PESTECH and Nature in Built Space: Analytical Framework.- Chapter 3. Nature in Built Space in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 4. Nature in Built Space in the MENA Region.- Chapter 5. Nature in Built Space in Asia and the Pacific.- Chapter 6. Nature in Built Space in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Chapter 7. Nature in Built Space in North America.- Chapter 8. Nature in Built Space in Western Europe.

Ambe J. Njoh is a Professor of Environmental Science & Policy at the University of South Florida (USF), USA. He graduated with a Ph.D. in Planning Studies from the University of London's Bartlett Development Planning Unit, Bartlett School of Architecture & Planning. Prior to earning the Ph.D., Njoh had completed a Masters of City & Regional Planning (MCRP) from the School of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, and a Diploma in Civil Engineering Technology from the Advanced School of Public Works in Cameroon. Before becoming part of the teaching staff at USF, he served as Transit Planning Manager at the Florida Department of Transportation, Tallahassee, Florida. He was the Pioneer Director of the Urban & Regional Planning Program at USF from 2009 to 2014. Professor Njoh has written 11 books, and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and technical reports. Many of his peer-reviewed publications are on community participation in water and sanitation service provisioning, renewable energy policy and systems, and land use policy. His two most recent books are Urban Planning and Public Health in Africa published by Ashgate (2014), and French Urbanism in Foreign Lands, published by Springer (2016).