How Green Is the City? : : Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments / / ed. by Dimitri Devuyst.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Aall, Carlo,; Bruppacher, Susanne,; Devuyst, Dimitri,; Harland, Paul,; Kline, Elizabeth,; Koernoev, Lone,; Lafferty, William M.,; Rees, William E.,; Roseland, Mark,; Staats, Henk,; Volsem, Sofie Van,; White, Rodney R.,; Wijngaarden, Thomas van,
• TeilnehmendeR: De Lannoy, Walter.; Hens, Luc.
• HerausgeberIn: Devuyst, Dimitri,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231518024; 9783110442472; 9783110638721
• DOI: 10.7312/devu11802
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Dimitri Devuyst.

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.