How Green Is the City?: Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments

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How Green Is the City?

Sustainability Assessment and the Management of Urban Environments

Edited by: Dimitri Devuyst
In collaboration with: Luc Hens and Walter De Lannoy

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2001

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This book 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.

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Dimitri Devuyst is a postdoctoral fellow for the Fund for Scientific Research in Flanders, Belgium, and visiting professor of ecology at the Human Ecology Department at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

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The book provides a good, comprehensive update on the tools of sustainability assessment.

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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Boxes
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Tables
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Contributors
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Abbreviations
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Acknowledgments
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The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability
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William E. Rees

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Chapter 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview
43
Rodney R. White and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains
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William M. Lafferty and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas
85
Mark Roseland and Dimitri Devuyst

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An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture
105
Thomas van Wijngaarden and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 4. Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context
109
Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 5. Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment
125
Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process
157
Lone Koernoev and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level
175
Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology
207
Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway
221
Carlo Aall and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 10. Indicators of Sustainable Development
247
Thomas van Wijngaarden and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas
275
Elizabeth Kline and Dimitri Devuyst

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Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level
299
Mark Roseland and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 12. Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets
303
Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability
339
William E. Rees and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness
365
Paul Harland, Henk Staats and Dimitri Devuyst

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Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland
389
Susanne Bruppacher and Dimitri Devuyst

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Chapter 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment
393
Dimitri Devuyst and Sofie Van Volsem

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Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future
419
Dimitri Devuyst

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Index
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Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level
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Dimitri Devuyst

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How Green Is the City?

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Reviews

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

Boxes

Tables

Contributors

Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

The Conundrum of Urban Sustainability

Chapter 1. Sustainable Development in Urban Areas: An Overview

Chapter 2. Local Agenda 21: The Pursuit of Sustainable Development in Subnational Domains

Chapter 3. The Eco-City Approach to Sustainable Development in Urban Areas

An Example of Eco-City Development: Urban Agriculture

Chapter 4. Sustainable Development at the Local Level: The North-South Context

Chapter 5. Linking Impact Assessment with Sustainable Development and the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment

Chapter 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Decision-Making Process

Chapter 7. Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level

Chapter 8. Sustainability Assessment in Practice: Case Studies Using the ASSIPAC Methodology

Chapter 9. Direction Analysis: An Example of Municipal Sustainability Assessment in Norway

Chapter 10. Indicators of Sustainable Development

Chapter 11. Indicators for Sustainable Development in Urban Areas

Additional Examples of the Use of Sustainability Indicators at the Local Level

Chapter 12. Sustainability Reporting and the Development of Sustainability Targets

Chapter 13. Global Change, Ecological Footprints, and Urban Sustainability

Chapter 14. Striving for Sustainability via Behavioral Modification at the Household Level: Psychological Aspects and Effectiveness

Global Action Plan Research in Switzerland

Chapter 15. Sustainable Lifestyle Assessment

Linking Sustainability Assessment to a Vision for a Sustainable Future

Index

Introduction to Sustainability Assessment at the Local Level

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