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A world-systems reader : new perspectives on gender, urbanism, cultures, indigenous peoples, and ecology
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ISBN: 0847691837 0847691845 Year: 2000 Publisher: Lanham (Md.) : Rowman and Littlefield,

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North China at war : the social ecology of revolution, 1937-1945
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ISBN: 0847699390 Year: 2000 Publisher: Lanham (Md.) : Rowman and Littlefield,

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Agency in archaeology.
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ISBN: 9780415207607 0415207606 0415207614 9781315866000 9781317959380 9781317959397 9781317959403 9780415207614 Year: 2000 Publisher: London Routledge

Consuming cities : the urban environment in the global economy after the Rio Declaration
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ISBN: 1280164549 0203984617 9786610164547 1283707977 1134661126 0415187680 0415187699 1134661118 Year: 2000 Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, Sweden, Poland, Australia and Indonesia The contributors all have direct experience of the urban environment and urban policies in the countries on which they write and offer an authorita

Ecologically based municipal land use planning.
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ISBN: 1566704065 Year: 2000 Publisher: Boca Raton Lewis Publishers

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This book discusses ecological resources and provides practical solutions that municipal planners can implement immediately. It discusses the most recent scientific data, how to extract what is important, and how to apply it to the local land planning process. The author emphasizes using new environmental indicators, previously unavailable, to asses community ecological health. He includes the application of the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to problem solving. Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning presents the case for sound land use management that will reduce sprawl.

The local politics of global sustainability
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ISBN: 1559637439 1559637447 1597269328 9781597269322 9781559637442 9781559637435 Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Island Press,

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"In The Local Politics of Global Sustainability, Thomas Prugh, Robert Costanza, and Herman Daly explore the political implications of ecological economics. They envision a reenergized political system based on a type of self-governance that political scientist Benjamin Barber calls "strong democracy." A politics of engagement rather than consignment, strong democracy empowers citizens to participate directly in community decision making." "Using examples of communities that are experimenting with various features of strong democratic systems, The Local Politics of Global Sustainability explains the crucial biophysical, economic, and social issues involved in achieving a sustainable world of our choice, rather than one imposed by external factors."--BOOK JACKET.

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Economic policy --- Environmental policy --- Sustainable development --- Environmentalism --- Social ecology. --- Poltical participation. --- Local government. --- Politique économique --- Environnement --- Développement durable --- Environnementalisme --- Ecologie sociale --- Administration locale --- Environmental aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Politique gouvernementale --- Aspect économique --- Aspect politique --- Social ecology --- Political participation --- Local government --- Environmental aspects --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects --- Politique économique --- Développement durable --- Aspect économique --- E-books --- Local administration --- Township government --- Subnational governments --- Administrative and political divisions --- Decentralization in government --- Public administration --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Social participation --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Ecology, Social --- Environment, Human --- Human ecology (Social sciences) --- Human environment --- Social sciences --- Environmental movement --- Social movements --- Anti-environmentalism --- Sustainable living --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Greenwashing --- Economic policy - Environmental aspects --- Environmental policy - Economic aspects --- Sustainable development - Political aspects --- Environmentalism - Political aspects --- Political participation.

Green urbanism : learning from european cities
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ISBN: 1559636823 9781559636827 1417543809 9781417543809 9781610910132 1610910133 159726881X Year: 2000 Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press,

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As the need to confront unplanned growth increases, planners, policymakers, and citizens are scrambling for practical tools and examples of successful and workable approaches. Growth management initiatives are underway in the U.S. at all levels, but many American' success stories' provide only one piece of the puzzle. To find examples of a holistic approach to dealing with sprawl, one must turn to models outside of the United States. In Green Urbanism, Timothy Beatley explains what planners and local officials in the United States can learn from the sustainable city movement in Europe. The book draws from the extensive European experience, examining the progress and policies of twenty-five of the most innovative cities in eleven European countries, which Beatley researched and observed in depth during a year-long stay in the Netherlands. Chapters examine: the sustainable cities movement in Europe examples and ideas of different housing and living options transit systems and policies for promoting transit use, increasing bicycle use, and minimizing the role of the automobile creative ways of incorporating greenness into cities ways of readjusting 'urban metabolism' so that waste flows become circular programs to promote more sustainable forms of economic development sustainable building and sustainable design measures and features renewable energy initiatives and local efforts to promote solar energy ways of greening the many decisions of local government including ecological budgeting, green accounting, and other city management tools. Throughout, Beatley focuses on the key lessons from these cities - including Vienna, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, and Berlin - and what their experience can teach us about effectively and creatively promoting sustainable development in the United States. Green Urbanism is the first full-length book to describe urban sustainability in European cities, and provides concrete examples and detailed discussions of innovative and practical sustainable planning ideas. It will be a useful reference and source of ideas for urban and regional planners, state and local officials, policymakers, students of planning and geography, and anyone concerned with how cities can become more livable.

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Urban ecology (Sociology) --- City planning --- Sustainable development. --- Cities and towns --- Ecologie urbaine --- Urbanisme --- Développement durable --- Villes --- Environmental aspects. --- Aspect de l'environnement --- Urban ecology --- -Sustainable development --- -#SBIB:316.334.5U20 --- #SBIB:35H434 --- #SBIB:35H1350 --- #SBIB:012.IO --- 711.4 --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- Sociology, Urban --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Environmental aspects --- Sociologie van stad (buurt, wijk, community, stadsvernieuwing) --- Beleidssectoren: milieubeleid en ruimtelijke ordening --- Organisatie en beleid: lokale besturen: algemeen --- Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Government policy --- Management --- 711.4 Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw --- Développement durable --- #SBIB:316.334.5U20 --- AMENAGEMENT URBAIN --- ENVIRONNEMENT --- ETATS-UNIS --- EUROPE - VILLES --- VILLES

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