How Green Is the City? : Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments

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. 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. Table of Contents List of Boxes List of Tables List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level, by Dimitri Devuyst The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability, by William E. Rees Part I. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Dimitri Devuyst 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview, by Rodney R. White 2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development. in Subnational Domains, by William M. Lafferty 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Mark Roseland 4. Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context, by Dimitri Devuyst Part 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 Devuyst 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process, by Lone Koernoev 7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level, by Dimitri Devuyst 8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology, by Dimitri Devuyst 9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway, by Carlo Aall Part III. Tools for Setting a Baseline and Measuring Progress in Urban Sustainability Assessment, by Dimitri Devuyst 10. Indicators of Sustainable Development, by Thomas van Wijngaarden 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas, by Elizabeth Kline Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level, by Mark Roseland 12. Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets, by Dimitri Devuyst 13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability, by William E. Rees Part IV. Tools for Sustainability Assessment at the Household Level, by Dimitri Devuyst 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness, by Paul Harland and Henk Staats Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland, by Susanne Bruppacher 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment, by Dimitri Devuyst and Sofie Van Volsem Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future, by Dimitri Devuyst Index

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.

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Researchers report their findings from a project conducted by the Environmental Impact Assessment Center of the Human Ecology Department at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium. A wide range of contributors bring scientific, planning, social, and economic perspectives to issues of sustainable development in urban areas, assessment tools in the decision-making process, tools for setting a baseline and for measuring progress in assessment, and tools for sustainability assessment at the household level. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This book introduces "sustainability assessment," a new concept that aims to help in steering societies in a more sustainable direction, and applies this concept to cities. It 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. [publisher]