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Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges
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Author : Peter J. Marcotullio
language : en
Publisher: Earthscan
Release Date : 2012
Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges written by Peter J. Marcotullio and has been published by Earthscan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Architecture categories.
'Think globally, act locally? emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new book focuses on the spatial dimensions of urban environmental burdens, showing how important it is to take these into account when pursuing environmental justice and good governance - whether in the context of the sanitary risks of slum living, the pollution of uncontrolled industrialization and motorization, or the enormous ecological footprints of affluent urban lifestyles. Written by leading experts in the fields of urban development and environmental planning, the book reviews the urban environmental shifts that have shaped today's challenges, and examines conditions and problems in the urban centres of low-, middle- and high-income countries. Case studies address such economically diverse cities as Accra, New Delhi, Mexico City and Manchester, while thematic chapters explore issues including water, sanitation and transportation. The book concludes by exploring and analysing different scales of governance. The editors argue that we should not rely solely on local governance to address local burdens like poor sanitation, nor depend only on global governance for global challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions, but that scale is crucial in both understanding the problems and devising successful responses. Published with UNU-IAS and IIED.
Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges
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Author : Peter J Marcotullio
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2012-06-25
Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges written by Peter J Marcotullio and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-25 with Architecture categories.
Think globally, act locally emphasizes the importance of scale in dealing with environmental challenges, but not how to factor it in. This major new book focuses on the spatial dimensions of urban environmental burdens, showing how important it is to take these into account when pursuing environmental justice and good governance - whether in the context of the sanitary risks of slum living, the pollution of uncontrolled industrialization and motorization, or the enormous ecological footprints of affluent urban lifestyles. Written by leading experts in the fields of urban development and environmental planning, the book reviews the urban environmental shifts that have shaped todays challenges, and examines conditions and problems in the urban centres of low-, middle- and high-income countries. Case studies address such economically diverse cities as Accra, New Delhi, Mexico City and Manchester, while thematic chapters explore issues including water, sanitation and transportation. The book concludes by exploring and analysing different scales of governance. The editors argue that we should not rely solely on local governance to address local burdens like poor sanitation, nor depend only on global governance for global challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions, but that scale is crucial in both understanding the problems and devising successful responses. Published with UNU-IAS and IIED.
Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges
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Author : Edited By Peter J. Marcotullio And Gordon McGranahan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Scaling Urban Environmental Challenges written by Edited By Peter J. Marcotullio And Gordon McGranahan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Cities and towns categories.
'With chapters by some of the most thoughtful international urban environmental scholars ... [and] many concrete examples from around the world this volume advances the science by addressing issues of scale in both its meanings; the geographical scale of environmental interactions as well as the difficulties involved in scaling (overcoming) the many challenges of designing and promoting sustainable human environments worldwide' Kirk R. Smith Professor of Environmental Health Sciences University of California Berkeley USA 'Think globally act locally' emphasizes the importance of scale in dealin.
The Citizens At Risk
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Author : Pedro Jacobi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-23
The Citizens At Risk written by Pedro Jacobi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-23 with Business & Economics categories.
Local environments such as cities and neighbourhoods are becoming a focal point for those concerned with environmental justice and sustainability. The Citizens at Risk takes up this emerging agenda and analyses the key issues in a refreshingly simple yet sophisticated style. Taking a comparative look at cities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book examines: the changing nature of urban environmental risks, the rules governing the distribution of such risks and their differential impact, how the risks arise and who is responsible The authors clearly describe the most pressing urban environmental challenges, such as improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements, ensuring sustainable urban development in a globalizing world, and achieving environmental justice along with the greening of development. They argue that current debates on sustainable development fail to come to terms with these challenges, and call for a more politically and ethically explicit approach. For policy makers, students, academics, activists or concerned general readers, this book applies a wealth of empirical analysis and theoretical insight to the interaction of citizens, their cities and their environment.
Scale Sensitive Governance Of The Environment
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Author : Frans Padt
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-03-10
Scale Sensitive Governance Of The Environment written by Frans Padt and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-10 with Science categories.
Sensitivity to scales is one of the key challenges in environmental governance. Climate change, food production, energy supply, and natural resource management are examples of environmental challenges that stretch across scales and require action at multiple levels. Governance systems are typically ill-equipped for this task due to organisational and jurisdictional specialisation and short-term planning horizons. Further to this, scientific knowledge is fragmented along disciplinary lines and research traditions in academia and research institutions. State-of-the-art, Scale-Sensitive Governance of the Environment addresses these challenges by establishing the foundation for a new, trans-disciplinary research field. It brings together and reframes a variety of disciplinary approaches, using the idea of scales to create a conceptual and methodological basis for scale-sensitive governance of the environment from both a natural and social science perspective. This volume presents new visions, methods and innovative applications of thinking and decision making across scales in space and time to develop a holistic view on the subject. It is unique in providing: F analysis on how spatial, temporal, and governance scales are constructed, politically and scientifically defined, institutionalized in governance practices, and strategically used in policy discourses F details on how current environmental governance practices can be enriched by the use of theory on scale, with specific research themes to show the benefits of recognizing scales in empirical research F insightful case studies drawn from countries in the Americas, Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe, and South and Southeastern Asia, covering a wide range of environmental topics including biodiversity, climate change, commodities (tea and palm oil), cultural landscapes, energy, forestry, natural resource management, pesticides, urban development, and water management. With its comprehensive coverage of scale and scaling issues and convergence of widely different scientific approaches, this book is essential for environmental scientists, policy makers and planners, also conservation biologists and ecologists who are involved in modeling climate change impacts and sustainability. This reference will also benefit students of environmental studies, and all those who seek a response to the urgent environmental governance challenges for the decades ahead.
Urban Environmentalism
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Author : Peter Brand
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-02
Urban Environmentalism written by Peter Brand and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02 with Architecture categories.
Looks at how environmental issues have shaped the development of cities, examining the political, social and economic factors at play on both an international and a local scale.
The Sustainable Dar Es Salaam Project 1992 2003
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Author : Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya
language : en
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Release Date : 2005
The Sustainable Dar Es Salaam Project 1992 2003 written by Tumsifu Jonas Nnkya and has been published by UN-HABITAT this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Sustainable development categories.
Rural Urban Change Boundary Problems And Environmental Burdens Iied Rural Urban Working Paper 10
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: IIED
Release Date : 2004
Rural Urban Change Boundary Problems And Environmental Burdens Iied Rural Urban Working Paper 10 written by and has been published by IIED this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Environmental degradation categories.
The Challenge Of Environmental Management In Urban Areas
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Author : Adrian Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-04
The Challenge Of Environmental Management In Urban Areas written by Adrian Atkinson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-04 with Environmental management categories.
First published in 1999, this volume features contributors specialising in urban planning and examines the challenges of environmental planning in urban areas, focusing on policy, management, organisation and policy. A collection of ground-breaking and thought-provoking papers, they are written by some of the most distinguished, internationally known names in the field of urban sustainability. The authors go beyond debates about approach and policy options to look at what is taking place. The experience of urban environmental management is presented from several countries in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia. They examine over twenty case studies in contributing to existing knowledge of environmental management practice in urban areas, emphasising the issue in both Northern and Southern countries in relation to growing awareness in the North and rapid city growth in the South. While containing critical analyses, the emphasis is placed on achievements and promising developments of vital importance to local administrators, policy-makers, town planners, academics, environmentalists and students alike.
Urban Environmental Management
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Author : Rodney R. White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994-11
Urban Environmental Management written by Rodney R. White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11 with Architecture categories.
A provocative account regarding the disturbing dynamics of environmental change, demonstrating that this new environmental crisis shares its origins with traditional crises. Topics discussed include the impact of the environmental crisis on urban planning; major physical functions of the city which critically react with the environment; the relationship between poor quality and inequity in the cities; as well as a new Utopian's opinion of today's problems.