The Earthscan Reader in Sustainable Cities
In: Earthscan Reader Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables, Boxes and Figures -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Sustainable Cities: An Introduction -- 1: The Key Issues and the Works Included -- 2: Achieving Sustainability: Reform or Transformation? -- Part II: Linking Sustainable Development and Cities -- 3: Cities as Solutions in an Urbanizing World -- 4: Environmental Justice and the Sustainable City -- 5: Sustainable Cities or Cities that Contribute to Sustainable Development? -- 6: Sustainability, Poverty and Urban Environmental Transitions -- Further Reading -- Part III: Different Sectoral Programmes that Contribute to the Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals in Cities -- 7: Health: Creating Healthy Cities in the 21st Century -- 8: Transport: Reducing Automobile Dependence -- 9: Production: Producing, Providing, Trading: Manufacturing Industry and Sustainable Cities -- 10: Agriculture: Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities: Using Wastes and Idle Land and Water Bodies as Resources -- 11: Building and Designing with Nature: Urban Design -- 12: Planning: Green Cities, Growing Cities, Just Cities? Urban Planning and the Contradictions of Sustainable Development -- 13: Resources: Resource Conservation and Waste Management -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Seeking Action at City Level -- 14: Agenda 21: A Form of Joint Environmental Management in Manizales, Colombia -- 15: Let's Build Cities for Life - The National Campaign of Local Agenda 21s in Peru -- 16: Developing Indicators of Sustainable Community: Lessons from Sustainable Seattle -- 17: Indicators and Information Systems for Sustainable Development -- 18: Is There Method in our Measurement? The Use of Indicators in Local Sustainable Development Planning -- Further Reading.