How Green is the City? - Sustainability Assessment & the Management of Urban Environments

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-231-11803-3
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Devuyst, Dimitri

Weitere Mitwirkende

Hens, Luc

De Lannoy, Walter

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltmanagement, Umweltökonomie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of BoxesList of TablesList of ContributorsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level, by Dimitri DevuystThe Conundrum of Urban Sustainability, by William E. ReesPart I. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Dimitri Devuyst 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview, by Rodney R. White2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development. in Subnational Domains, by William M. Lafferty3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Mark Roseland4. Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context, by Dimitri DevuystPart II. Urban Sustainability Assessment Tools in the Decision-Making Process ,by Dimitri Devuyst 5. Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment, by Dimitri Devuyst6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process, by Lone Koernoev7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level, by Dimitri Devuyst8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology, by Dimitri Devuyst9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway, by Carlo AallPart III. Tools for Setting a Baseline and Measuring Progress in Urban Sustainability Assessment, by Dimitri Devuyst10. Indicators of Sustainable Development, by Thomas van Wijngaarden11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Elizabeth KlineAdditional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level, by Mark Roseland12. Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets, by Dimitri Devuyst13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability, by William E. ReesPart IV. Tools for Sustainability Assessment at the Household Level, by Dimitri Devuyst14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness, by Paul Harland and Henk StaatsGlobal Action Plan Research in Switzerland, by Susanne Bruppacher15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment, by Dimitri Devuyst and Sofie Van VolsemLinking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future, by Dimitri DevuystIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Dimitri Devuyst is a postdoctoral fellow for the Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders, Belgium, and visiting professor of ecology at the Human Ecology Department at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.