Sustainable Cities in Developing Countries - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853836249 ISBN 13: 9781853836244

Publisher: Earthscan Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

The strict imperative of sustainability in the 21st century can be exacerbated by the challenges of development; if the pitfalls of urban planning are introduced then there is a need for a guide such as this which establishes ground rules for the sphere of urban studies. A range of perspectives is brought to bear on the issues from economics, political science, theories of health, the impact of the built environment, the appraisal of environmental assets through to the very conceptual foundations of sustainability. All the key contemporary developments are dealt with: the growth in international law and agreements on controlling greenhouse gases; the effect of reforms in finance, governance and methods of appraisal on the areas of waste management; the theoretical advances in the community development aspects of health and the neighbourhood environment guided by the experiences of the World Bank, WHO and UNEP.

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Review

"Offers insights to those practitioners pondering the practicalities of the integration of sustainability goals into urban development. In particular, there is a good concluding chapter bringing the diverse, often overlapping, themes of the nine chapters into one well-summarized chapter. This eases the path of the reader in linking the richness of the dialogue." -- Planning Theory and Practice

About the Author

Cedric Pugh is Professor of Urban Economic Development at Sheffield Hallam University. He is author of Housing and Urbanization: A study of India and Sustainability, the Environment and Urbanization.

Edition details

• Publisher: Earthscan Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853836249
• ISBN 13: 9781853836244
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Pugh Cedric