ISBN:
0585192006
,
9780585192000
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (360 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Cities and the environment
DDC:
304.2/09173/2
Keywords:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Environmental degradation
;
Sustainable development
;
Cities and towns Growth
;
Environmental aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Description / Table of Contents:
""Cities and the environment: New approaches for eco-societies""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and figures""; ""Acronyms""; ""Acknowledgement""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction: Cities and the environment ± towards eco-partnerships""; ""2 Ecological ``rules'' of a sustainable society""; ""3 Urban environmental management: a partnership continuum""; ""4 The concept and civilization of an eco-society: Dilemmas, innovations, and urban dramas""; ""5 Sustainable urban societies: A technological or a political goal?""; ""6 Civil society and the urban environment""
Description / Table of Contents:
""7 An institutional capacity-building approach to urban environmental governance in medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean""""8 After the Dam Age is done: Social capital and eco-partnerships in urban watersheds""; ""9 A new approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities: The pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management""; ""10 Life Cycle Assessment: Its prospects as a tool for creating a sustainable economic system""; ""11 Rainwater in cities: A note on ecology and practice""
Description / Table of Contents:
""12 Communities, markets, and city government: Innovative roles for coastal cities in reducing marine pollution in the Asia±Paci®c region""""13 Cultivating an urban eco-society: The United Nations response""; ""14 An economic assessment of China-Japan cooperation to address acid rain""; ""15 A new paradigm of North-South relations: Implications of international cooperation by local authorities in Japan""; ""16 Urban governance in the new economy""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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