Lifelong Learning And Education In Healthy And Sustainable Cities 1st Ed. 2018

"This book presents essential insights into lifelong learning and education in healthy and sustainable cities, providing a basis for strategies to help achieve the 2030 Agenda sustainable development and health promotion goals. The interface between environment, health and lifelong learning is fundamental to attaining these goals, and as such, the book gathers interdisciplinary reflections from researchers, educators and other experts concerning the links between environmental quality, human health, human education and well-being, and addressing inequality, unplanned urbanization, migration, lifestyles, and consumption and production patterns. Topics include: Urban planning to address inequality in health and urban poverty; Healthy cities and healthy environments; Governance for sustainable development; Social determinants of health oriented on sustainable development goals; Education and lifelong learning for sustainability; Energy security, access and efficiency; Sustainable cities, buildings and infrastructure"--Page 4 of cover Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Coping with Climate Change Effects on Urban Infrastructure—Problem Structuring Based on Value-Focused Thinking Methodology (Luiz Priori, Marcelo Hazin Alencar, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida)....Pages 3-20 Participatory GIS for Urban Sustainability and Resilience: A Perspective of Social Learning and Ecology of Knowledge (Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho, Leandro Luiz Giatti)....Pages 21-34 The Regional Development Councils of Rio Grande do Sul as a Model of Participated Regional Management. Comparative Case Study (João Filipe Torres Soares, Leila Dal Moro, Ulisses Miranda Azeiteiro, Luciana Londero Brandli)....Pages 35-67 Participation in Spatial Planning for Sustainable Cities: The Importance of a Learning-by-Doing Approach (Ann Crabbé, Anne Bergmans, Marc Craps)....Pages 69-85 The Urban Planning Guided by Indicators and Best Practices: Three Case Studies in the South of Brazil (Vanessa T. Rocha, Luciana Londero Brandli, Rosa M. L. Kalil, Cristiane Tiepo)....Pages 87-101 Front Matter ....Pages 103-103 Nature, People and Place: Informing the Design of Urban Environments in Harmony with Nature Through the Space/Nature Syntax (Karen Munro, David Grierson)....Pages 105-125 Public Policies to Live Well (Buen Vivir) in Harmony with Nature (Vanessa Hasson de Oliveira)....Pages 127-139 Health and the Urban: Multiple Threads Interconnecting Health in the City (Marco Akerman, Rosilda Mendes, Francisco de Assis Comarú)....Pages 141-154 Making Rural and Urban Connections by Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture: A Case Study of Food and Nutrition Security Instruments in Brazil (Veruska Prado Alexandre, Claudia Job Schmitt, Renato Sérgio Jamil Maluf)....Pages 155-167 Health and Sustainability: Reinforcing Public and Private Engagement Through Tertiary Institutions (Artie W. Ng, Ben Y. F. Fong, Tiffany C. H. Leung)....Pages 169-186 Front Matter ....Pages 187-187 Using the IPBES Conceptual Framework to Study Governance, Institutional Arrangements and Drivers of Biodiversity Loss in Two Indian Cities (Sandhya Chandrasekharan)....Pages 189-205 Healthy Cities, Healthy Settings and Education: How Do They Work Together to Promote Sustainable Development? (Maria Cristina Franceschini, Elisabete Agrela de Andrade, Karina Cimmino)....Pages 207-218 Education for Sustainability as a Tool to Promote Sustainable Development: An Experience in the South of Brazil (Cristiane Tiepo, Luciana Londero Brandli, Rosa M. L. Kalil, Vanessa T. Rocha)....Pages 219-233 Right to the City and Public Policies: Current Perspectives of the Judicialization of Environmental Sanitation Policies in Brazil (Lorena Sales Araújo, Patrícia Borba Vilar Guimarães)....Pages 235-248 Remote but Connected: Ownership-Inspired Behavior-Driven Development and What an E-Learning Governance System for Africa Could Look like (Judith Gottschalk, Nicolai Winther-Nielsen)....Pages 249-261 Front Matter ....Pages 263-263 How Can the Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities Strategy Advance the Sustainable Development Goals Agenda? Lessons from Agenda 21 and the MDGs in Brazil (Marcia Faria Westphal, Maria Cristina Franceschini, Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti)....Pages 265-282 Sustainable Development Goals as a Framework of Education for Healthy Cities and Healthy Environments (Marija Jevtic, Catherine Bouland)....Pages 283-298 Healthy People Living on a Healthy Planet—The Role of Education of Consciousness for Integration as an Instrument of Health Promotion (Roberto de Almeida, Patrícia Garcia da Silva Carvalho)....Pages 299-326 Achieving Sustainability in the City of Winona, Minnesota (USA): A Case Study (Bruno Borsari, Neal Mundahl, Anne Morse, Pat Mutter, John W. Howard)....Pages 327-340 Education and Lifelong Learning Sustainability: Windows of Opportunities Found in Brazilian Experiences that Address Agenda 2030 and Advocacy for Health Equity (Dais Gonçalves Rocha, Maria Paula Zaitune)....Pages 341-351 Front Matter ....Pages 353-353 Nature-Based Education for Resilient Cities (Jean-Pierre Schweitzer, Susanna Gionfra)....Pages 355-376 Co-creation for Sustainability as a Societal Learning Journey (Petra Kuenkel, Alina Gruen)....Pages 377-393 Lifelong Education: Citizenship Lessons for Life in More Sustainable Communities? (Adriana Gelpi, Rosa Maria Locatelli Kalil, Wagner Mazetto de Oliveira)....Pages 395-408 Live-Long Learning as a Sustainability Strategy (Christopher A. Haines)....Pages 409-422 Young People’s Role in Creating Sustainable Cities (Chris Willmore, James Longhurst, William Clayton, Hannah Tweddell, Amy Walsh)....Pages 423-437 Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in Urban Educational Landscapes and Learning Cities. Experiences Perspectives from Osnabrück (Gerhard Becker)....Pages 439-469 Institutional Management and Professors’ Perception in the Strengthening of Education for Sustainability (Carolina Sampaio Marques, Nathália Rigui Trindade, Rodrigo Reis Favarin, Suelen Geíse Telocken, Marcelo Trevisan)....Pages 471-485 Front Matter ....Pages 487-487 Promoting Sustainability: The Role of Smart Cities (Madhavi Venkatesan)....Pages 489-505 How Technologies Contribute to Urban Sustainability: The Case of Curitiba—Brazil (Paola P. Saraiva, Lauro A. Ribeiro, Inara P. Camara, Thaísa L. da Silva)....Pages 507-520 Communication as a Tool for Expanding Social Participation: The Case of the Rio Operations Center (Alexandre Hojda, Pedro Reis Martins)....Pages 521-537 Sustainable Housing Through Sustainable Planning Practices: Challenges and Opportunities for Formal Housing Provision in Nairobi, Kenya (Collins Sasakah Makunda)....Pages 539-549 Yueqing’s Healthy Future: A Case Study in Design Planning for Healthy Urbanization (Linda Powers Tomasso, Cristina Contreras Casado, Judith Rodriguez, Jie Yin, Julia Kane Africa)....Pages 551-572 Front Matter ....Pages 573-573 Greening of Greek Islands: Community Wind Approach at Skyros Island (Constantina Skanavis, Aristea Kounani)....Pages 575-594 Prerequisites for Energy Sustainability in Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Amanda Lange Salvia, Luciana Londero Brandli, Marcos Antonio Leite Frandoloso)....Pages 595-609 Public Energy Policy in Cabo Verde (Luzia Mendes Oliveira)....Pages 611-635 Erratum to: Participatory GIS for Urban Sustainability and Resilience: A Perspective of Social Learning and Ecology of Knowledge (Carolina Monteiro de Carvalho, Leandro Luiz Giatti)....Pages E1-E1 Annotation This book presents essential insights into lifelong learning and education in healthy and sustainable cities, providing a basis for strategies to help achieve the 2030 Agenda sustainable development and health promotion goals. The interface between environment, health and lifelong learning is fundamental to attaining these goals, and as such, the book gathers interdisciplinary reflections from researchers, educators and other experts concerning the links between environmental quality, human health, human education and well-being, and addressing inequality, unplanned urbanization, migration, lifestyles, and consumption and production patterns. Topics include: Urban planning to address inequality in health and urban poverty; Healthy cities and healthy environments; Governance for sustainable development; Social determinants of health oriented on sustainable development goals; Education and lifelong learning for sustainability; Energy security, access and efficiency; Sustainable cities, buildings and infrastructure