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How Green Is the City? : Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments / Dimitri Devuyst.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sustainable development--Social aspects.
- Sustainable development.
- Urban economics.
- Urban ecology (Sociology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (485 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2001]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-231-51802-1
- OCLC:
- 51939127
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