LEADER 06071 am 22009133u 450 001 9910765992403321 005 20210217063431.0 010 $a1-134-66111-8 010 $a1-280-16454-9 010 $a0-203-98461-7 010 $a9786610164547 010 $a1-283-70797-7 010 $a1-134-66112-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203984611 035 $a(CKB)1000000000360664 035 $a(EBL)241803 035 $a(OCoLC)259504211 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000129501 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936993 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129501 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10078800 035 $a(PQKB)10642386 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC241803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5121705 035 $a(OCoLC)826516323 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5121705 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL16454 035 $a(OCoLC)1027142650 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31762 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7245002 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7245002 035 $a(OCoLC)1378937438 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000360664 100 $a20180331d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aConsuming cities $ethe urban environment in the global economy after the Rio Declaration /$fedited by Nicholas Low. [et al.] 210 $cTaylor & Francis$d2000 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-18769-9 311 $a0-415-18768-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; 1 Cities as consumers of the world's environment; Introduction; Sustainable development and the changing model of growth; The discourse of urban sustainable development; The model of economic development; The urban environment in the global economy; The demographic context: destabilised population growth; The economic context: marketisation, poverty and spatial polarisation; The political-cultural context: neo-liberal ascendancy and 'competitive cities'; Environmental distribution 327 $aEcological distributionConclusion; References; 2 The Rio Declaration and subsequent global initiatives; Introduction; Global environmental governance; Different approaches to environmental governance; Agenda, 21, Habitat II and the partnership approach; The rationale of partnership; From environmental threat to sustainable development; From Earth Summit to City Summit and beyond; Human Settlements; Beyond Habitat; Sustainable development and urban policy; Agenda 21 and global environmental governance: concluding remarks; References; 3 A rough road out of Rio; Introduction 327 $aThe Earth Summit and its promiseThe official American opposition to Rio; Antiglobalism and ultranationalism in the USA; Anti-statism as anti-environmentalism; Conclusions: rough road ahead; References; 4 Contradictions at the local scale; Introduction; Adoption of local Agenda 21 programs in the USA; Motivations for initiating Local Agenda 21 programs; Local Agenda 21 program characteristics; Discussion; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Britain: unsustainable cities; Britain in international context; Urbanisation and the construction of social inequality; The social impact of urban planning 327 $aBritish cities and the Rio processAction at the National Level; Action at the level of the city; Progress on LA21; Other impacts at the level of the city; The significance of Rio; Factors affecting progress on LA21; The conditions for sustainable urban development; Note; References; 6 Sustainability and urban policy in Germany; Introduction; Sustainable development at national level; Federal gavernment policy; Development co-operation: the BMZ; National urban planning of the BMBau; Environmental policy of the BMU; Civil society activities; New networks (http://www.oneworldweb.de/forum) 327 $aNew organisations: Germanwatch (http://www.germanwatch.org)New campaigns: sustainable Germany; The general framework of local authorities in Germany; Scope for policy development; The idea of a 'leitbild'; The institutionalisation of Local Agenda 21 in German municipalities; The issues of Local Agenda 21 in German municipalities; Problems of implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Germany; Structural changes at local level after the Rio Declaration; Changes at the inter-municipal level: the networks; Structural changes within the municipality; Summing up; Note; References 327 $a7 Japanese urban policy 330 $aThis book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. 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