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SUSTAINABILITY AND CITIES
Concept and Assessment
by Ooi Giok Ling (Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore)
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 damage to, or depletion of, the natural resource base.
Sustainability and Cities: Concept and Assessment aims to bridge this gap by taking a sober look at the translation of concepts of environmental sustainability into terms that are meaningful and applicable for cities, particularly those in fast-developing countries like China.
Contents:
- Conceptions of Sustainability and Urban Sustainable Development
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Urban Sustainable Development Initiatives — Responses of Cities and City Governments
- Sustainability Indicators for Cities
- Singapore — Assessing the Progress Towards Sustainability
- Urban Environmental Quality
- Housing — Relating Urban Basic Needs to Urban Sustainable Development
- Population and Urban Sustainable Development
- Urban Transport and Sustainability
- Management of Non- Hazardous Solid Waste and Urban Sustainability
- Health and Health Indicators for Sustainable Development
- Formulating an Urban Sustainable Development Index
- The Neglected Agenda — Biodiversity, Ecological Integrity and Public Participation
Readership: Academics, policy-makers and professionals in the environmental
services sector.
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Pub. date: Aug 2005 |
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