Research Catalog
Livable cities? : urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability
- Title
- Livable cities? : urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability / edited by Peter Evans.
- Publication
- Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2002]
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HT330 .L58 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- xiii, 277 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- The sprawling cities of the developing world are vibrant hubs of economic growth, but they are also increasingly ecologically unsustainable and, for ordinary citizens, increasingly unlivable. This book explores the linked issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in major cities of the developing and transitional world. Writing from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the authors of these chapters build a picture of how cities might be turned in the direction of increased livability. -- From back cover.
- The cities of the developing world are hubs of economic growth, but they are increasingly ecologically unsustainable and unliveable. This book explores the issues of livelihood and ecological sustainability in cities of the developing world.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: looking for agents of urban livability in a globalized political economy / Peter Evans -- Urban poverty and the environment: social capital and state-community synergy in Seoul and Bangkok / Mike Douglass, Orathai Ard-am, and Ik Ki Kim -- Collective action toward a sustainable city: citizens' movements and environmental politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu -- Community-driven regulation: toward an improved model of environmental regulation in Vietnam / Dara O'Rourke -- Social and spatial inequalities in Hungarian environmental politics: a historical perspective / Zsuzsa Gille -- "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink": land use and water policy in São Paulo, Brazil / Margaret E. Keck -- Sustainability, livelihood, and community mobilization in the Ajusco "ecological reserve" / Keith Pezzoli -- Political strategies for more livable cities: lessons from six cases of development and political transition / Peter Evans.
- ISBN
- 0520230248
- 9780520230248
- 0520230256
- 9780520230255
- LCCN
- 2001027245
- OCLC
- ocm45951703
- 45951703
- SCSB-14654670
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library