Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface. Sustainable Cities: Structure and Agency ix
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. 1. Introduction: Looking for Agents of Urban Livability in a Globalized Political Economy 1
7. 2. Urban Poverty and the Environment: Social Capital and State-Community Synergy in Seoul and Bangkok 31
8. 3. Collective Action toward a Sustainable City: Citizens’ Movements and Environmental Politics in Taipei 67
9. 4. Community-Driven Regulation: Toward an Improved Model of Environmental Regulation in Vietnam 95
10. 5. Social and Spatial Inequalities in Hungarian Environmental Politics: A Historical Perspective 132
11. 6. “Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink”: Land Use and Water Policy in São Paulo, Brazil 162
12. 7. Sustainability, Livelihood, and Community Mobilization in the Ajusco “Ecological Reserve” 195
13. 8. Political Strategies for More Livable Cities: Lessons from Six Cases of Development and Political Transition 222
14. References 247
15. List of Contributors 269
16. Index 273