| Description |
325 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sustainable urban areas, 1574-6410 ; 30 |
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Sustainable urban areas ; 30
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| Contents |
The unsettling success of governance for sustainable building -- Policies in support of a sustainable built environment -- Policy networks: a theoretical perspective on policy making -- Evaluating an evolutionary policy network approach to learning -- Methodology -- Reducing diffuse zinc emisssions -- Stimulating sustainable building Restricting urban sprawl -- Greening governance : lessons for policy design |
| Summary |
"After twenty years of sustainable building policies, the issue of environmental impact of buildings and urban environments remains. Policy makers still have difficulties addressing the ambiguous, contested and dynamic goals encapsulated in the term 'sustainable development'. How to decide between using zinc or PVC gutters, when knowledge and valuation of environmental risks of both keep changing? How can we accommodate urban growth, now that compact cities turn out to be urban heat islands?" "Greening governance identifies how policy makers can deal with these contested questions. The book draws on policy network theories that consider stakeholder interaction, negotiation and learning as conditions for policy success. By understanding these conditions from an evolutionary viewpoint it provides a new perspective for governance. The concepts of generative variety, selective retention and regeneration will help policy makers to prioritize and select contested alternatives while also -- |
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focusing on more long term and ambitious policy goals. The book is of interest to policy makers and scientists concerned with both the practical and theoretical issues of sustainable built environments." --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
"Proefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Technische Universiteit Delft ..." |
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Summary in Dutch: p. 317-323 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-270, 306-309) |
| Notes |
Summary in Dutch: p. 317-323 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental policy.
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Sustainable construction.
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Sustainable development.
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| LC no. |
2010285338 |
| ISSN |
1574-6410 |
| ISBN |
1607500787 |
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9781607500780 |
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