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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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Energy and Infrastructure Set |
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Energy and Infrastructure Set
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| Contents |
Cover; Titile Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Biographical Notes; Part 1; Chapter 1 Local Authorities and the Environment; Introduction; Cities, Towns and Local Authorities: Urban and Suburban; The First Urban Century; Global Economic Trends and their Impact on Cities; Advantages and Disadvantages of Cities for People and for the Environment; Sustainable Development; Brown and Green Agendas for Sustainability; Environmental Sustainability and the Size and Wealth of Cities; Sustainable Cities, or Cities in a Sustainable World? |
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Agenda 21 and the Role of Local Authorities in Securing DevelopmentGovernance Vs Government; Why Good Governance is Important to Sustainability; Thinking Locally in Order to Act Globally; Global Decentralization Trends; Region by Region; Municipal Cooperation; What is Yet to Come; Chapter 2 Issues for Local Action; Introduction; Governance; A Decentralized Framework; A Stable Institutional Framework; The Importance of Inclusiveness; Effective Local Leadership and Policy Setting; Challenges of Implementation; Capacity; Expanding Capacity through Collaboration |
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Actions and Initiatives to Secure SustainabilityConclusion; Chapter 3 Local Government in Action; Summary Case Studies; Introduction; Waste Management Issues; Capacity Building for Sustainable Development; Political Change and Urban Environmental Planning; Northern Cities and Sustainable Development; Chapter 4 Local Authorities and Worldwide Sustainable Development; Overview; Urbanness and Global Interconnectedness; The Emerging Worldwide System of Urban Interdependence; A Worldwide System for Urban Sustainability; Funding Agencies; Regional Multilateral Institutions |
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Associations of MunicipalitiesMunicipal International Cooperation; Examples of International Municipal Cooperation Programmes; How the System of International Municipal Cooperation Might be Improved; Chapter 5 Recommendations; Introduction; The Six Major Themes of the Book; Recommendations to International Agencies; Recommendations to National Governments and Agencies; Recommendations to Local Authorities; Recommendations to Municipal Associations; Conclusion; Part 2; Democratization and Consensus Buildingfor a Sustainable Development PlanThe Municipality of Cajamarca, PerulCLEI |
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Mobilizing Local Resources to Address Urban Environmental Issues the MetropolitanConcepcion Sustainable Cities Project, Concepcion, Chile; Participatory Solid Waste Management; Urban Community of Dakar, Senegal; Greenpoint-Williamsburg Environmental Benefits Programme, New York City, US; Vision 2020 Sustainable Community Initiative; The Regional Municipality ofHamilton Wentworth, Canada; The Restructuring of Municipal Finances; Islamabad, Pakistan; Agenda 21 Kanagawa; Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan; Municipal Policy and Participatory Dynamics; Kayes, Mali |
| Summary |
For too long, cities have been thought of as environmental blackspots, with high levels of air and soil pollution, overcrowding, poor sanitation and growing waste disposal problems. This book takes a more positive attitude: cities can be made to work sustainably. Their high population density can work in the environment's favour if they can achieve efficient use of resources such as energy and water supplies, and improve transport and infrastructure. The best cities today are clean, resource efficient, green and pleasant, and not only act as cultural and entertainment centres, but also harbour |
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Solid Waste Collection and Treatment Programme |
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Print version record |
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Municipal government.
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Urbanization -- Environmental aspects
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Sustainable development -- Metropolitan areas -- Case studies
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urban environments.
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municipal government.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Municipal government
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urbanization -- Environmental aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Stevenson, Don
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Girardet, Herbert
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Stren, Richard
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| ISBN |
9781134052103 |
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1134052103 |
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