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Titolo: |
How Green Is the City? : Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments / / Dimitri Devuyst
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Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2001] |
©2001 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.927091732 |
Soggetto topico: | Sustainable development - Social aspects |
Urban economics | |
Urban ecology (Sociology) | |
Altri autori: |
De LannoyWalter
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Persona (resp. second.): | DevuystDimitri |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Boxes -- Tables -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level / Devuyst, Dimitri -- The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability / Rees, William E. -- Part I. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas -- Chapter 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview / White, Rodney R. / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains / Lafferty, William M. / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas -- Chapter 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas / Roseland, Mark / Devuyst, Dimitri -- An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture / Wijngaarden, Thomas van / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Part II. Urban Sustainability Assessment Tools in the Decision-Making Process -- Chapter 5. Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process / Koernoev, Lone / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway / Aall, Carlo / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Part III. Tools for Setting a Baseline and Measuring Progress in Urban Sustainability Assessment -- Chapter 10. Indicators of Sustainable Development / Wijngaarden, Thomas van / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas -- Chapter 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas / Kline, Elizabeth / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level / Roseland, Mark / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability / Rees, William E. / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Part IV. Tools for Sustainability Assessment at the Household Level -- Chapter 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness -- Chapter 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness / Harland, Paul / Staats, Henk / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland / Bruppacher, Susanne / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Chapter 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment -- Chapter 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment / Devuyst, Dimitri / Volsem, Sofie Van -- Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future / Devuyst, Dimitri -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | How Green Is the City ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-231-51802-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910823480403321 |
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