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Integrating the environment in urban planning and management : key principles and approaches for cities in the 21st century /

"Increasing urbanization will be one of the defining features of the 21st century. This produces particular environmental challenges, but also creates opportunities for urban development that can contribute to broader goals of improving the quality of life for urban residents while achieving gr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Dodman, David (Autor), McGranahan, Gordon (Autor), Dalal-Clayton, D. B. (D. Barry) (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: International Institute for Environment and Development
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nairobi, Kenya : United Nations Environment Programme, [2013]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. The context for the report ; Urbanization in global perspective ; Methodologies and initiatives for urban environmental management
  • Relevant environmental issues for cities. Conceptualising the urban environment ; Local environments and climate change ; Global benefits of integrating the environment in urban planning and management
  • Strategies for integrating the environment in urban planning and management. Lessons from the city development strategy (CDS) ; Green urban economy approach
  • Conclusion: principles for integrating the environment in urban planning and management. Participation, politics and political commitment ; Harmonization and multi-level governance ; Identifying and overcoming gaps and challenges
  • Appendix I. Mainstreaming the environment in urban areas in Ghana ; Mainstreaming the environment in urban areas in Uganda ; Mainstreaming the environment in urban areas in the Philippines
  • Appendix II. Environmental mainstreaming diagnostic for urban areas ; More information on environmental mainstreaming: (A) Mainstreaming in city administrations, (B) Project-level mainstreaming.