ISBN:
1417520086
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9780520935976
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0520935977
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 277 pages
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24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Livable cities?
Keywords:
Metropolitan areas Case studies.
;
Urbanization Case studies.
;
Agglomérations urbaines Cas, Études de.
;
Urbanisation Cas, Études de.
;
Metropolitan areas Case studies
;
Urbanization Case studies
;
Agglomérations urbaines Cas, Études de
;
Urbanisation Cas, Études de
;
Metropolitan areas Case studies
;
Urbanization Case studies
;
Urbanization Case studies
;
Metropolitan areas Case studies
;
Metropolitan areas Case studies.
;
Urbanization Case studies.
;
Agglomérations urbaines Cas, Études de.
;
Urbanisation Cas, Études de.
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; Urban
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Metropolitan areas
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Urbanization
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Case studies
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Stadtsoziologie
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Verstädterung
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books
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Electronic books.
;
Electronic books Case studies
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Verstädterung
;
Stadtsoziologie
;
Verstädterung
;
Stadtsoziologie
Abstract:
The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and unliveable. This book explores the issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in cities of the developing world
Abstract:
Introduction: looking for agents of urban livability in a globalized political economy / Peter Evans -- Urban poverty and the environment: social capital and state-community synergy in Seoul and Bangkok / Mike Douglass, Orathai Ard-am, and Ik Ki Kim -- Collective action toward a sustainable city: citizens' movements and environmental politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu -- Community-driven regulation: toward an improved model of environmental regulation in Vietnam / Dara O'Rourke -- Social and spatial inequalities in Hungarian environmental politics: a historical perspective / Zsuzsa Gille -- "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink": land use and water policy in São Paulo, Brazil / Margaret E. Keck -- Sustainability, livelihood, and community mobilization in the Ajusco "ecological reserve" / Keith Pezzoli -- Political strategies for more livable cities: lessons from six cases of development and political transition / Peter Evans
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: looking for agents of urban livability in a globalized political economy / Peter Evans -- Urban poverty and the environment: social capital and state-community synergy in Seoul and Bangkok / Mike Douglass, Orathai Ard-am, and Ik Ki Kim -- Collective action toward a sustainable city: citizens' movements and environmental politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu -- Community-driven regulation: toward an improved model of environmental regulation in Vietnam / Dara O'Rourke -- Social and spatial inequalities in Hungarian environmental politics: a historical perspective / Zsuzsa Gille -- "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink": land use and water policy in São Paulo, Brazil / Margaret E. Keck -- Sustainability, livelihood, and community mobilization in the Ajusco "ecological reserve" / Keith Pezzoli -- Political strategies for more livable cities: lessons from six cases of development and political transition / Peter Evans
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: looking for agents of urban livability in a globalized political economy / Peter EvansUrban poverty and the environment: social capital and state-community synergy in Seoul and Bangkok / Mike Douglass, Orathai Ard-am, and Ik Ki Kim -- Collective action toward a sustainable city: citizens' movements and environmental politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu -- Community-driven regulation: toward an improved model of environmental regulation in Vietnam / Dara O'Rourke -- Social and spatial inequalities in Hungarian environmental politics: a historical perspective / Zsuzsa Gille -- "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink": land use and water policy in São Paulo, Brazil / Margaret E. Keck -- Sustainability, livelihood, and community mobilization in the Ajusco "ecological reserve" / Keith Pezzoli -- Political strategies for more livable cities: lessons from six cases of development and political transition / Peter Evans.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
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