Empowering Municipal Sustainability

Author : Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110689860

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Empowering Municipal Sustainability by Alexandra Reed Lajoux Pdf

Amidst growing awareness over the past half century that human activity threatens our natural environment, many of the world’s largest cities have played a role in the sustainability movement, as seen by such initiatives as Day of Cities sponsored by the United Nations. And now local governments in towns and smaller cities are beginning to play a more prominent role in the green movement. This book, inspired by the author’s own experience as a citizen activist and local candidate, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world. Alexandra Reed Lajoux addresses the popular "green city" topic but focuses on smaller municipalities, which are more numerous than big cities, and in greater need of guidance. With a visionary foreword by Ben G. Price, National Organizer, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of How Wealth Rules the World, the book discusses the most critical environmental, economic, and engineering realities of municipal life and leadership in our times, ranging from rights of nature, to rollback tax rates, to green infrastructure, to gentrification. It will appeal to a broad range of town or city government employees and elected officials, as well as local activists, contemplating the issues of managing and funding sustainability that all localities worldwide face at some level.

Author : Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110689907

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Empowering Municipal Sustainability by Alexandra Reed Lajoux Pdf

Amidst growing awareness over the past half century that human activity threatens our natural environment, many of the world’s largest cities have played a role in the sustainability movement, as seen by such initiatives as Day of Cities sponsored by the United Nations. And now local governments in towns and smaller cities are beginning to play a more prominent role in the green movement. This book, inspired by the author’s own experience as a citizen activist and local candidate, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world. Alexandra Reed Lajoux addresses the popular "green city" topic but focuses on smaller municipalities, which are more numerous than big cities, and in greater need of guidance. With a visionary foreword by Ben G. Price, National Organizer, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of How Wealth Rules the World, the book discusses the most critical environmental, economic, and engineering realities of municipal life and leadership in our times, ranging from rights of nature, to rollback tax rates, to green infrastructure, to gentrification. It will appeal to a broad range of town or city government employees and elected officials, as well as local activists, contemplating the issues of managing and funding sustainability that all localities worldwide face at some level.

Author : Alexandra Reed Lajoux
Publisher : de Gruyter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3110689812

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Empowering Municipal Sustainability by Alexandra Reed Lajoux Pdf

This book, including several interviews with city mayors, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world.

Author : Jeroen van der Heijden,Harriet Bulkeley,Chiara Certomà
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108492973

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Urban Climate Politics by Jeroen van der Heijden,Harriet Bulkeley,Chiara Certomà Pdf

An overview of the forms of agency in urban climate politics, including their strengths, limitations and the power dynamics between them. Written by renowned scholars from around the globe, it is ideal for researchers and practitioners working in the area of urban climate politics and governance.

Author : Voula P. Mega
Publisher : Springer
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319936802

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Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean by Voula P. Mega Pdf

This book examines the nexus of cities and oceans and the interrelations between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 14, just after the first two critical years following the milestone year of hope in 2015. It advocates for actions both for sustainable cities, the largest interconnected and only human ecosystem, and for the global ocean that is the largest physical ecosystem. Cutting-edge concepts and actions are presented by and for cities and oceans, following the global engagements during the years 2015-2017. In the era of global geopolitics, cities offer major democratic spaces between the micro-regulations of the local communities and the governance of the global commons. The role of education, trust, and citizen empowerment cannot be stressed enough. This book offers an evidence-based, holistic and integrated view of key urban and ocean sustainability issues at the horizon of 2030 and of 2050. The chapters cover the most prominent issues at the heart of the matter, and highlight systemic multi-stakeholder eco-responses towards sustainability with economic, social, environmental dimensions, including political and cultural aspects. This book offers a full exploration of cities and seas with an emphasis on vigorous paradigm shifts, redesigning human systems, and reconciling them with nature. Building on robust evidence, and transformational cases, it provides structured advice for world leaders, stakeholders and scholars.

Author : Meg Holden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317309482

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Pragmatic Justifications for the Sustainable City by Meg Holden Pdf

What can justice and sustainability mean, pragmatically speaking, in today’s cities? Can justice be the basis on which the practices of city building rely? Can this recognition constitute sustainability in city building, from a pragmatic perspective? Today, we are faced with a mountain of reasons to lose hope in any prospect of moving closer to justice and sustainability from our present position in civilization. Pragmatic Justifications for the Sustainable City: Acting in the Common Place offers a critical and philosophical approach to revaluating the way in which we think and talk about the "sustainable city" to ensure that we neither lose the thread of our urban history, nor the means to live well amidst diversity of all kinds. By building and rebuilding better habits of urban thinking, this book promotes the reconstruction of moral thinking, paving the way for a new urban sustainability model of justice. Utilizing multidisciplinary case studies and building upon anti-foundationalist principles, this book offers a pragmatic interpretation of sustainable development concepts within our emerging global urban context and will be a valuable resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics and professionals in the areas of urban and planning policy, sociology, and urban and environmental geography.

Author : Mark Roseland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : City planning
ISBN : OCLC:1151446028

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Toward Sustainable Communities by Mark Roseland Pdf

Author : Mark Roseland,Margaret Stout,Maria Spiliotopoulou
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781550927689

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Toward Sustainable Communities, Fifth Edition by Mark Roseland,Margaret Stout,Maria Spiliotopoulou Pdf

The go-to guide for sustainable community development, from the neighborhood to the regional level Fully revised and updated, Toward Sustainable Communities is the definitive guide to the why, the what, and most importantly, the how of creating resilient, healthy, equitable, and prosperous places. This fifth edition introduces the innovative Community Capital Compass as a powerful tool for maximizing the environmental, economic, and social benefits of complex community and regional decisions, and has been completely revamped to serve readers in the US, Canada, and abroad. Those seeking a comprehensive approach to sustainable community planning and development from the neighborhood to the regional level will benefit from: An expanded Community Capital framework that organizes community resources into eight interrelated forms of capital The Community Capital Compass process for navigating complex situations involving everything from municipal services and land-use planning to housing and climate change Elaboration of collaborative governance, community mobilization, public engagement, capacity building, infrastructure, policymaking, and promising practices A companion website featuring case studies, profiles, online resources, interactive tools, videos, and more. Packed with concrete, proven strategies, this "living book" is the go-to guide for sustainable community development. Toward Sustainable Communities is essential reading for current and aspiring professionals, practitioners, policymakers, educators, purpose-driven organizations, engaged citizens, and anyone concerned about their communities and a sustainable future.

Author : Julie L. MacArthur
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780774831468

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Empowering Electricity by Julie L. MacArthur Pdf

Since the 1990s, there has been an upsurge in renewable electricity co-operatives across Canada as hundreds of community organizations have turned to the sun, wind, and rivers as sources of local power generation. Empowering Electricity offers an illuminating analysis of these co-operatives within the context of larger debates over climate change, renewable electricity policy, sustainable community development, and provincial power-sector ownership. It looks at the conditions that led to this new wave of co-operative development, examines their form and location, and shines a light on the promises and challenges accompanying their development.

Author : John Stanton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317932352

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Democratic Sustainability in a New Era of Localism by John Stanton Pdf

Change and development are going on all around us. On both an international platform, as well as at the local governmental and community level, governments, decision and policy makers constantly strive to improve the world in which we live, seeking to make it better and to improve quality of life. This book focuses on such development in the context of localism in the UK. It strips the principle of local sustainability down to its constituent parts and considers the extent to which it can be said to be central to local life. As part of this, it presents the case for the importance of accountability and citizen participation in achieving objectives aligned with sustainability, and illustrates the relationships that these principles share. On this foundation, it evaluates local government in the UK, as well as examples of community-led regeneration initiatives and bodies, and seeks to determine both the nature of their pursuit of sustainability and the extent to which accountability and citizen participation play a part in that pursuit. It shows that local sustainability is enhanced by accountability and citizen participation; those principles ensuring that local people can be central to the process. Whilst its evaluations of local democratic systems in the UK reveal certain issues as regards the extent to which this is reflected in practice, it at least demonstrates an enthusiasm and awareness of the important role that accountability and citizen participation can play in the process of local sustainability. The book is aimed at legal academics, with relevance also to students in law, environmental politics and sustainable development, as well as those working in government policy and political practice.

Author : Voula P. Mega
Publisher : Springer
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3319936794

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Eco-Responsible Cities and the Global Ocean by Voula P. Mega Pdf

This book examines the nexus of cities and oceans and the interrelations between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 14, just after the first two critical years following the milestone year of hope in 2015. It advocates for actions both for sustainable cities, the largest interconnected and only human ecosystem, and for the global ocean that is the largest physical ecosystem. Cutting-edge concepts and actions are presented by and for cities and oceans, following the global engagements during the years 2015-2017. In the era of global geopolitics, cities offer major democratic spaces between the micro-regulations of the local communities and the governance of the global commons. The role of education, trust, and citizen empowerment cannot be stressed enough. This book offers an evidence-based, holistic and integrated view of key urban and ocean sustainability issues at the horizon of 2030 and of 2050. The chapters cover the most prominent issues at the heart of the matter, and highlight systemic multi-stakeholder eco-responses towards sustainability with economic, social, environmental dimensions, including political and cultural aspects. This book offers a full exploration of cities and seas with an emphasis on vigorous paradigm shifts, redesigning human systems, and reconciling them with nature. Building on robust evidence, and transformational cases, it provides structured advice for world leaders, stakeholders and scholars.

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Community development
ISBN : 9780889368019

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The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide by International Development Research Centre (Canada),International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Pdf

Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide: An introduction to sustainable development planning

Author : James S. Mallet,Environmental Law Centre (Alta.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0921503792

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Municipal Powers, Land Use Planning, and the Environment by James S. Mallet,Environmental Law Centre (Alta.) Pdf

Author : Gwendolyn Hallsmith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0613920902

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Key To Sustainable Cities by Gwendolyn Hallsmith Pdf

Most of the world's population now live in cities, but despite wide agreement on the core values of sustainable societies, municipalities are so busy solving current problems, they don't have the time or resources to plan effective action for sustainability.The Key to Sustainable Cities uses the principles of system dynamics to demonstrate how today's problems were yesterday's solutions. The book points to a new approach to city planning that builds on assets as a starting point for cities to develop healthy social, governance, economic, and environmental systems.Gwendolyn Hallsmith has worked to build sustainable communities for over twenty years as a municipal manager, a regional planning director, and with the Institute for Sustainable Communities. She lives in Marshfield, Vermont.

Author : Hoi L. Kong,Tanya Monforte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1487542984

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Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance by Hoi L. Kong,Tanya Monforte Pdf

Sustainability, Citizen Participation, and City Governance examines sustainable development challenges in law, planning, and policy, and offers municipal actors strategies for overcoming them.