Extent: | Online-Ressource (267 p) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based upon print version of record Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Foreword; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; The 1980s rethinking on environmental stability; Institutions and the urban environment; International policy and institutional conditions in the 1990s; Examples of progress; The scope and themes of the following chapters; 1 Sustainable Development and Cities; What is to be sustained?; A framework for considering sustainable development and cities; What is currently unsustainable?; Global warming and cities; Linking global and local sustainability 2 The Idea of Healthy Cities and its ApplicationHealth in urban areas; The concept of healthy cities; Case studies; Conclusion; 3 Towards Sustainable Infrastructure for Low-income Communities; Abstract; Introduction; The state of urban infrastructure; The development of infrastructure systems; The bottom rung of the improvement ladder; Learning from experience; The way ahead in infrastructure development; 4 Sustainability, Poverty and Urban Environmental Transitions; Urban environmental transitions; From environmental health to sustainability: evidence from a three-city study The environmental problems of unserviced households and their neighbourhoodsConclusion; 5 Sustainability and Sustainable Cities; Abstract; Introduction; The history; Sustainability and some applications; Conceptual significance in economics; Ideas and research in sustainable cities; Multi-institutional theory and practice; Conclusions; Annex: the Coase theory and its extension in the new institutional economics (NIE); 6 Urban Sustainability and Social Cohesion; Sustainability and flexibility; Pressures for change; The political economy of urban sclerosis Social exclusion and social sustainabilitySclerosis in the static city; Sclerosis in the dynamic city; Conclusion; 7 Sustainability and Methodologies of Environmental Assessment for Cities; Environmental impact of cities; Assessment techniques; Strategic environmental assessment (SEA); Project level environmental impact assessment; Environmental audit (EA); Cost-benefit analysis (CBA); Hedonic pricing; The travel cost method; The contingent valuation method (CVM); Pricing methods; Overall perspective on environmental assessment; Conclusion; 8 Conclusions Knowledge: creation, destruction and developmentPolitical economy; Urban sustainable development; Final word; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Index |
ISBN: | 978-1-85383-357-1 ; 978-1-134-17446-1 ; 978-1-85383-357-1 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011830778