Livable cities? [[electronic resource] ] : urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability / / edited by Peter Evans

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetto topico: Metropolitan areas; Urbanization
• Soggetto non controllato: academic; 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
• Altri autori: EvansPeter B. <1944->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Livable cities
• ISBN: 1-4175-2008-6; 9786612359514; 0-520-93597-7; 1-282-35951-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825210903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II