How Green Is the City? : Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments /

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This book deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state in urban areas through such tools as strategic environmental assessment, sustainability assessment, direction analysis, baseline setting and progress measurement, sustainability targets, and ecological footprint analysis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Aall, Carlo (Contribuidor), Bruppacher, Susanne (Contribuidor), De Lannoy, Walter, Devuyst, Dimitri (Contribuidor, Editor ), Harland, Paul (Contribuidor), Hens, Luc, Kline, Elizabeth (Contribuidor), Koernoev, Lone (Contribuidor), Lafferty, William M. (Contribuidor), Rees, William E. (Contribuidor), Roseland, Mark (Contribuidor), Staats, Henk (Contribuidor), Volsem, Sofie Van (Contribuidor), White, Rodney R. (Contribuidor), Wijngaarden, Thomas van (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]
Temas:
Urban economics - Social aspects.
NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Boxes
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability
  • Chapter 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview
  • Chapter 2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains
  • Chapter 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas
  • An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture
  • Chapter 4. Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context
  • Chapter 5. Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment
  • Chapter 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process
  • Chapter 7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level
  • Chapter 8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology
  • Chapter 9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway
  • Chapter 10. Indicators of Sustainable Development
  • Chapter 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas
  • Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level
  • Chapter 12. Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets
  • Chapter 13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability
  • Chapter 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness
  • Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland
  • Chapter 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment
  • Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future
  • Index
  • Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level

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