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

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

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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.

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (488 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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