European Sustainable Cities

Author : Svetlana Hristova,Milena Dragićević Šešić,Nancy Duxbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317677154

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Culture and Sustainability in European Cities by Svetlana Hristova,Milena Dragićević Šešić,Nancy Duxbury Pdf

European cities are contributing to the development of a more sustainable urban system that is capable of coping with economic crises, ecological challenges and social disparities in different nation-states and regions throughout Europe. This book reveals in a pluralistic way how European cities are generating new approaches to their sustainable development, and the special contribution of culture to these processes. It addresses both a deficit of attention to small and medium-sized cities in the framework of European sustainable development, and an underestimation of the role of culture, artistic expression and creativity for integrated development of the city as a prerequisite to urban sustainability. On the basis of a broad collection of case studies throughout Europe, representing a variety of regionally specific cultural models of sustainable development, the book investigates how participative culture, community arts, and more generally, creativity of civic imagination are conducive to the goal of a sustainable future of small and medium-sized cities. This is an essential volume for researchers and postgraduate students in urban studies, cultural studies, cultural geography and urban sociology as well as for policymakers and practitioners wanting to understand the specificity of European cities as hubs of innovation, creativity and artistic industriousness.

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610910132

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Green Urbanism by Timothy Beatley Pdf

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.

Author : Peter Nijkamp,Adriaan Perrels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134052738

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Sustainable Cities in Europe by Peter Nijkamp,Adriaan Perrels Pdf

Although urbanization steadily increases, many modern cities are finding the accommodation of their populations an increasingly difficult task. Planners and policy-makers battling to alleviate the problem with a host of urban renewal initiatives have made environmental issues and policies central to their quest for urban sustainability.;Drawing on the CITIES programme of the EC, this study describes the urban energy and environmental policies now available. Through detailed case studies of various European cities, it explains how to devise and implement strategies for urban growth and development.

Author : European Commission. Expert Group on the Urban Environment,European Commission. Directorate-General for Environment, Nuclear Safety, and Civil Protection
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038584333

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European Sustainable Cities by European Commission. Expert Group on the Urban Environment,European Commission. Directorate-General for Environment, Nuclear Safety, and Civil Protection Pdf

Author : Voula Mega,European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Publisher : LUXEMBOURG : OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE E. C.
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : City planning
ISBN : UOM:39015041289243

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European Cities in Search of Sustainability by Voula Mega,European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions Pdf

Author : Svetlana Hristova,Milena Dragićević Šešić,Nancy Duxbury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317677147

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Culture and Sustainability in European Cities by Svetlana Hristova,Milena Dragićević Šešić,Nancy Duxbury Pdf

European cities are contributing to the development of a more sustainable urban system that is capable of coping with economic crises, ecological challenges and social disparities in different nation-states and regions throughout Europe. This book reveals in a pluralistic way how European cities are generating new approaches to their sustainable development, and the special contribution of culture to these processes. It addresses both a deficit of attention to small and medium-sized cities in the framework of European sustainable development, and an underestimation of the role of culture, artistic expression and creativity for integrated development of the city as a prerequisite to urban sustainability. On the basis of a broad collection of case studies throughout Europe, representing a variety of regionally specific cultural models of sustainable development, the book investigates how participative culture, community arts, and more generally, creativity of civic imagination are conducive to the goal of a sustainable future of small and medium-sized cities. This is an essential volume for researchers and postgraduate students in urban studies, cultural studies, cultural geography and urban sociology as well as for policymakers and practitioners wanting to understand the specificity of European cities as hubs of innovation, creativity and artistic industriousness.

Author : European Commission. Expert Group on the Urban Environment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:222253749

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European Sustainable Cities by European Commission. Expert Group on the Urban Environment Pdf

Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1597269743

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Green Cities of Europe by Timothy Beatley Pdf

In the absence of federal leadership, states and localities are stepping forward to address critical problems like climate change, urban sprawl, and polluted water and air. Making a city fundamentally sustainable is a daunting task, but fortunately, there are dynamic, innovative models outside U.S. borders. Green Cities of Europe draws on the world's best examples of sustainability to show how other cities can become greener and more livable. Timothy Beatley has brought together leading experts from Paris, Freiburg, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Heidelberg, Venice, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and London to illustrate groundbreaking practices in sustainable urban planning and design. These cities are developing strong urban cores, building pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and improving public transit. They are incorporating ecological design and planning concepts, from solar energy to natural drainage and community gardens. And they are changing the way government works, instituting municipal "green audits" and reforming economic incentives to encourage sustainability. Whatever their specific tactics, these communities prove that a holistic approach is needed to solve environmental problems and make cities sustainable. Beatley and these esteemed contributors offer vital lessons to the domestic planning community about not only what European cities are doing to achieve that vision, but precisely how they are doing it. The result is an indispensable guide to greening American cities. Contributors include: Lucie Laurian (Paris) Dale Medearis and Wulf Daseking (Freiburg) Michaela Brüel (Copenhagen) Maria Jaakkola (Helsinki) Marta Moretti (Venice) Luis Andrés Orive and Rebeca Dios Lema (Vitoria-Gasteiz) Camilla Ween (London)

Author : Andrea Colantonio,Tim Dixon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781444329469

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Urban Regeneration and Social Sustainability by Andrea Colantonio,Tim Dixon Pdf

Urban regeneration is a key focus for public policy throughout Europe. This book examines social sustainability and analyses its meaning. The authors offer a comprehensive European perspective to identify best practices in sustainable urban regeneration in five major cities in Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the UK. This authoritative overview of the scholarly literature makes the book essential reading for researchers and post-graduate students in sustainable development, real estate, geography, urban studies, and urban planning, as well as consultants and policy advisors in urban regeneration and the built environment.

Author : Marko Joas,Kate Theobald,David McGuinness,Cristina Garzillo,Stefan Kuhn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134692743

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Informed Cities by Marko Joas,Kate Theobald,David McGuinness,Cristina Garzillo,Stefan Kuhn Pdf

Informed Cities looks at the knowledge brokerage processes between cities and higher education institutions, and in particular evaluates governance mechanisms for monitoring local sustainability and the role of research within this. The first part of the book provides an analysis of tools for governing sustainable cities and develops a typology of existing tools. It then considers approaches to monitor local sustainability on a European level, focusing on a number of key tools such as the Covenant of Mayors, Reference Framework for Sustainable Cities, and Green Capital Award. The second part of the book introduces an explorative application of two tools that the author team have used in practice to monitor local sustainability, Urban Ecosystems Europe and Local Evaluation 21, presenting and evaluating European level data collected from local governments. The third part of the book looks deeper into a number of case studies discussing how a working and rewarding city-university connection can be created and nourished in an administrative and political setting. Finally, the last part of the book reflects on lessons learned from the application of the tools and accompanying research process and makes recommendations for further developing monitoring tools for urban sustainability on a European level. This book will be essential reading for professionals in urban and regional planning who are tasked with monitoring the effects of sustainability policies, as well as for graduate students in planning, environmental governance, sustainable development and related disciplines.

Author : William M. Lafferty
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1849776040

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Sustainable Communities in Europe by William M. Lafferty Pdf

A presentation of detailed comparative research into the implementation in 11 European countries of Local Agenda 21 - the action plan for sustainable development at community level. Overviews of implementation in each country are accompanied by analysis of positive and negative changes, as well as a comparative analysis with high academic and policy relevance. Numerous practical examples are included of best cases and crucial barriers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 9279157000

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World and European Sustainable Cities by Anonim Pdf

Author : S. Hristova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138924792

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Culture and Sustainability in European Cities by S. Hristova Pdf

Publications reveals how European cities are generating new approaches to their sustainable development, and the special contribution of culture to these processes. It addresses both a deficit of attention to small and medium-sized cities in the framework of European sustainable development, and an underestimation of the role of culture, artistic expression and creativity for integrated development of the city as a prerequisite to urban sustainability. On the basis of a broad collection of case studies throughout Europe, representing a variety of regionally specific cultural models of sustainable development, the book investigates how participative culture, community arts, and more generally, creativity of civic imagination are conducive to the goal of a sustainable future of small and medium-sized cities.

Author : Dr Jan van der Meer,Dr Luis Carvalho,Professor Leo van den Berg
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781472427045

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Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness by Dr Jan van der Meer,Dr Luis Carvalho,Professor Leo van den Berg Pdf

Reflecting on two decades of ‘competitiveness-oriented’ urban policies in Europe, this book investigates the current challenges cities face to sustain their economic position and how this can be balanced with social progress and environmental improvements. Complementing previous surveys on local and urban development and competitiveness-based strategies, this volume provides longer term views on the evolution of such policies at the city level, from the personal perspective of city officials in eight European cities. More concretely, it looks at how the urban dimension in EU policies have evolved over time, the kinds of urban policy supported by the EU over the last two decades and how cities have been involved with this process. The book investigates the portfolios of competitiveness-oriented policies which have been developed by European cities and how they see the link between urban/spatial development policies and sustainable competitiveness. Finally the book fleshes out a number of challenges and initiatives taken by the eight European cities and their governments in the face of current challenges in order to pave the way towards more competitive and sustainable urban economies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : UCBK:C095452896

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Sustainable Development and Health by Anonim Pdf