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How Green Is the City?

Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments

By: Dimitri Devuyst (Editor), Luc Hens (As told to), Walter De Lannoy (As told to)

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Paperback | 1 August 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Urban lifestyles characterized by high consumption levels, exuberant use of natural resources, excessive production of waste, a widening gap between rich and poor, and rapid growth of the global human population pose a major problem for the future survival of our species. Urban development must therefore meet the needs of the present generations without compromising the needs of future generations. Putting this goal into practice remains a major challenge.

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. With these tools, humans can maintain or improve the health, productivity, and quality of their lives in harmony with nature.

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The book provides a good, comprehensive update on the tools of sustainability assessment. -- Xuemei Bai Journal of Industrial Ecology

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List of Boxes	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xiii
List of Contributors	p. xv
List of Abbreviations	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level	p. 1
The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability	p. 37
Sustainable Development in Urban Areas	p. 43
Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview	p. 47
Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains	p. 63
The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas	p. 85
An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture	p. 105
Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context	p. 109
Urban Sustainability Assessment Tools in the Decision-Making Process	p. 125
Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment	p. 129
Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process	p. 157
Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level	p. 175
Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology	p. 207
Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway	p. 221
Tools for Setting a Baseline and Measuring Progress in Urban Sustainability Assessment	p. 247
Indicators of Sustainable Development	p. 251
Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas	p. 275
Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level	p. 299
Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets	p. 303
Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability	p. 339
Tools for Sustainability Assessment at the Household Level	p. 365
Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness	p. 367
Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland	p. 389
Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment	p. 393
Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future	p. 419
Index	p. 439
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