Sustainability and cities : concept and assessment / Giok Ling Ooi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ooi, Giok Ling.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Urbanization--Environmental aspects.

Urbanization.

Sustainable development.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--Singapore.

Sustainable development--Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Jersey : World Scientific Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This important book addresses issues of development and its environmental sustainability for the fastest growing areas in Asia - its cities. Recognizing sustainability with respect to the environment and its exploitation has yet to make its impact on development plans in Asia. The problem is due to the lack of cross-country studies, which provide a fair understanding of the different levels of development, as well as the wide variety of development strategies adopted by different countries. The relatively ineffective implementation of environmental assessment has not done much to reduce the da

Contents:

Contents; Chapter One Conceptions of Sustainability and Urban Sustainable Development; Cities Urbanisation and the Sustainable Development Debate; Understanding the Implications of Sustainable Development and Sustainability; Sustainable Development - Concepts and Debates; Applying the Concept of Sustainability to Cities; A Framework for Sustainability and Sustainable Development for Cities; Sustainability and Urbanisation in Asia; Urban Practices - Environmental Management and the Growth of Human Settlements; Situating Singapore in the Sustainability Debate

Clarifying the Implications of Sustainability and Sustainable Development for CitiesChapter Two Urban Sustainable Development Initiatives - Responses of Cities and City Governments; Initiatives of Local Authorities in Support of Agenda 21; Regional Differences; Initiatives by Small Cities in Developing Countries; Initiatives of Cities in Developed Countries; Melbourne's initiatives for Thriving and Sustainable City; Initiatives of Smaller Cities; Processes in Urban Sustainable Development initiatives; Chapter Three Sustainability Indicators for Cities; Debating the Usefulness of indicators

Spatialising and Scaling indicatorsAssessing Urban Sustainability and its Policy Relevance; Indicators and a Sustainable Development index for Cities; Urban Sustainable Development indicators and index; Chapter Four Singapore - Assessing the Progress Towards Sustainability; Transformation of a City-State - Physical and Economic Agendas; Economic Objectives in the Development of Singapore; Going Beyond the Garden City Framework - Time for a New Analog?; Shifting to the Deveiopment of the Environment City rather than Sustainabiiity; The Role of Civil Society in Nature Conservation

Strategies of Environmental PlanningFocus on the Built Environment; Managing the impact of Rapid Urbanisation and Industrialisation; Role of Sustainability in Environmental Pianning and Management; Chapter Five Urban Environmental Quality; Infrastructural Framework for Controls; Monitoring Framework for Controls; Legal and Enforcement Framework for Controls; Air Pollution Controls; Vehicular Emission Control; Water Pollution Controls; Managing Water Resources; Air Quality; Water Quality; Urban Environmental Quality and indicators of Sustainability

Chapter Six Housing - Relating Urban Basic Needs to Urban Sustainable DevelopmentUrban Housing issues; Housing Health and the Environment; Sustainability issues in the Choice of Housing and Urban Form; Urban Sprawl ond Sustainability; Urban Travellng and Commuting Patterns; Housing Poiicy in Singapore; Challenge of Sustainability; Chapter Seven Population and Urban Sustainable Development; Urban Population Densities; Population Planning in Singapore and implications for Sustainability; ""Stopping at Two"" Policy Outcome; The Demographic Transition and the Ageing of the Singapore Population

The ""Foreign Talent"" Policy and Baby Bonuses

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611928032

9781281928030

1281928038

9789812775290

9812775293

OCLC:

815751301