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

Name: How Green Is the City? Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments
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ISBN: 9780231118026

ISBN-10: 0231118023

ISBN-13: 9780231118026

Edition: 2001

Authors: Dimitri Devuyst, Luc Hens, Walter De Lannoy

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Urban lifestyles characterized by high consumption levels, exuberant use of natural resources, excessive production of waste, a widening gap between rich and poor, and rapid growth of the global human population pose a major problem for the future survival of our species. Urban development must therefore meet the needs of the present generations without compromising the needs of future generations. Putting this goal into practice remains a major challenge. This book introduces "sustainability assessment," a new concept that aims to help in steering societies in a more sustainable direction, and applies this concept to cities. It deals with practical ways to reach a more sustainable state…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 488
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Dimitri Devuyst is a postdoctoral fellow for the Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders, Belgium, and visiting professor of ecology at the Human Ecology Department at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.



List of Boxes


List of Tables


List of Contributors


List of Abbreviations


Acknowledgments


Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level



The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability




Sustainable Development in Urban Areas




Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview




Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains




The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas



An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture




Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context




Urban Sustainability Assessment Tools in the Decision-Making Process




Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment




Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process




Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level




Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology




Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway




Tools for Setting a Baseline and Measuring Progress in Urban Sustainability Assessment




Indicators of Sustainable Development




Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas



Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level




Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets




Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability




Tools for Sustainability Assessment at the Household Level




Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness



Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland




Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment



Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future



Index