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Titolo: | Governing sustainable cities / / Bob Evans ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan, 2005 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (160 p.) |
Disciplina: | 307.1/216/094 |
Soggetto topico: | City planning - Environmental aspects - Europe |
Local government - Europe | |
Sustainable development - Europe - Citizen participation | |
Altri autori: | EvansBob <1947 Oct. 17-> |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | "The level of governance closest to the people-- " -- Government, governance, and local sustainability -- Meeting the sustainability challenge -- Institutional capacity and social capacity -- Local government and civil society -- Governing for sustainability. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Urban governance and sustainability are rapidly becoming key issues around the world. Currently three billion people - half the population of the planet - live in cities, and by 2050 a full two-thirds of the world's population will be housed in ever larger and increasingly densely populated urban areas. The economic, social and environmental challenges posed by urbanization on such a large scale and at such a rapid pace are staggering for local, regional and national governments working towards sustainability. Solutions to the myriad problems plaguing the quest for sustainability at the city-l |
Titolo autorizzato: | Governing sustainable cities |
ISBN: | 1-136-56455-1 |
1-280-47522-6 | |
1-84977-150-2 | |
1-136-56456-X | |
978141758310X | |
9786610475223 | |
600-00-0074-X | |
1-4175-8310-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910828215303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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