Subject(s): Human ecology in Developing countries -- Urban ecology (Sociology) in Developing countries -- Urban pollution in Developing countries -- Sustainable development in Developing countries -- Environmental policy in Developing countries -- Environmental justice in Developing countries -- Developing countries in Environmental conditions -- Urban development -- Urban affluence and shifting environmental burdens -- Urban water: from health to sustainability -- Shifting environmental challenges in Accra, Jakarta and Sao paulo -- Organizing governmental improvements in developing neighbourhoods: plans, markets, local collective action and hybrid models -- Techniques for assessing local environmental problems in deprived neighbourhoods -- Gender and local environmental management in Accra -- Labour division -- Class and hazards of managing the local environment -- Urban environmental justice in a changing world