Creating sustainable community programs : examples of collaborative public administration / / edited by Mark R. Daniels

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 301 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 354.2/79/0973
• Soggetto topico: Political participation - United States; Local government - United States; State governments - United States; Community development - United States; Sustainable development - United States
• Altri autori: DanielsMark Ross <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-292) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction Mark R. Daniels -- 2. Working Toward Sustainability: Successful Community-Based Efforts Jason Venetoulis -- 3. Harmony Homestead and the Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research Claire M. Anderson -- 4. Sustaining Community Through Collaboration: The Value of Conflict Management Training for Community Leaders Patricia J. Fredericksen and Nicholas P. Lovrich -- 5. Developing, Financing, and Implementing Local Sustainable Transportation Programs Eric Lindquist -- 6. Sustaining Microcredit Programs: Lessons Learned Over Two Decades of Practice Douglas Snow, Terry F. Buss, and Colette Dumas -- 7. Building a Sustainable Community and Revitalizing Urban Citizenship in Los Angeles' Empowerment Zone Gerry Riposa -- 8. Brownfield Redevelopment in Michigan: Experimenting with Contaminated Site Redevelopment Policies Richard C. Hula -- 9. The Aga Khan Rural Support Program and the Orangi Pilot Project: The Demand Side in Development Feisal Uzair Khan and Jennifer E. Tessendorf -- 10. Local Control, Local Capacity and Regulatory Effectiveness: Issues in Municipal Water Pollution Control Y. Mina Chang and Anand Desai -- 11. Recycling Programs in Sustainable Communities Mark R. Daniels -- 12. The Role of Technology in Creating a Sustainable Community: Application of Radio Frequency Identification Technology in Curbside Recycling Jothi S. Themozhi and Gail Johnson -- 13. A Local Partnership for Sustainable Food and Agriculture: The Case of PlacerGROWN David Campbell and Gail Feenstra -- 14. Food Gatherers: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Political Context in Sustainable Community Programs Rhonda S. Kinney and Michael Harris -- 15. Empty Bowls: A Simple Idea to Feed Hungry People Alice E. Kaiser-Drobney -- 16. The Gwinnett Coalition for Human Resource Development Patricia Mitchell. ; 17. Environmental Management Information Systems and Sustainable Communities Michelle Wyman Pawar and Sherman Wyman -- 18. Engaging Youth in Their Communities: The Ultimate Tool for Sustainability Alice E. Kaiser-Drobney -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: Daniels provides a collection of in-depth case studies of tested sustainable community programs and offers guidance to students regarding successful implementation strategies. He and his contributors look at a variety of sustainable community programs that have been successfully implemented in local communities. While most of these programs exist through government funding or regulation, one--"Food Gatherers"--Is a purely voluntary, non-profit program without any government funding.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creating sustainable community programs
• ISBN: 9780313073960; 0313073961
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910974874403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II