04651nam 22010094a 450 991078304330332120230607214801.01-4175-2008-697866123595140-520-93597-71-282-35951-710.1525/9780520935976(CKB)1000000000004728(EBL)224710(OCoLC)475931774(SSID)ssj0000193341(PQKBManifestationID)11174774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000193341(PQKBWorkID)10216479(PQKB)11764065(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055879(MiAaPQ)EBC224710(OCoLC)55749077(MdBmJHUP)muse30649(DE-B1597)520655(DE-B1597)9780520935976(Au-PeEL)EBL224710(CaPaEBR)ebr10058543(CaONFJC)MIL235951(EXLCZ)99100000000000472820010209d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLivable cities?[electronic resource] urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability /edited by Peter EvansBerkeley University of California Pressc20021 online resource (292 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23024-8 0-520-23025-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.Front matter --Contents --Tables and Figures --Preface. Sustainable Cities: Structure and Agency --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction: Looking for Agents of Urban Livability in a Globalized Political Economy --2. Urban Poverty and the Environment: Social Capital and State-Community Synergy in Seoul and Bangkok --3. Collective Action toward a Sustainable City: Citizens' Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei --4. Community-Driven Regulation: Toward an Improved Model of Environmental Regulation in Vietnam --5. Social and Spatial Inequalities in Hungarian Environmental Politics: A Historical Perspective --6. "Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink": Land Use and Water Policy in São Paulo, Brazil --7. Sustainability, Livelihood, and Community Mobilization in the Ajusco "Ecological Reserve" --8. Political Strategies for More Livable Cities: Lessons from Six Cases of Development and Political Transition --References --List of Contributors --IndexThe sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unlivable. Pollution is rising, affordable housing is decreasing, and green space is shrinking. Since three-quarters of those joining the world's population during the next century will live in Third World cities, making these urban areas more livable is one of the key challenges of the twenty-first century. This book explores the linked issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in major cities of the developing and transitional world. Livable Cities? identifies important strategies for collective solutions by showing how political alliances among local communities, nongovernmental organizations, and public agencies can help ordinary citizens live better lives.Metropolitan areasCase studiesUrbanizationCase studiesacademic.career.cities.city life.city living.community.cultural history.cultural studies.cultural.culture.economics.environment.environmental.essay anthology.essay collection.government.political economy.political.politics.poverty.scholarly.social capital.social history.social studies.strategy.sustainability.sustainable living.urban life.urban living.Metropolitan areasUrbanization307.76Evans Peter B.1944-143886MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783043303321Livable cities3856444UNINA