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100 1 Yanarella, Ernest J
245 14 The City as Fulcrum of Global Sustainability
250 1st ed
264 1 London :|bAnthem Press,|c2011
264 4 |c©2011
300 1 online resource (318 pages)
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490 1 Anthem Environmental Studies
505 0 Front Matter -- HALF TITLE PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT
PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -
- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- An
Unsustainable World in Crisis -- Sustainability in an
Urbanizing World -- Sustainability as an "Essentially
Contested Concept" -- Sustainability: New Concepts, New
Theory, New Operational Definition -- The Argument
Summarized: Strategy, Concepts, Cautions and Case Studies
-- Main Matter -- Part I STRATEGIC CONSIDERATIONS --
Chapter 1 DOES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT LEAD TO
SUSTAINABILITY? -- The Meaning of Sustainable Development
-- An Immanent Critique of Sustainable Development
Strategy -- The Issue of Scale: Societal or Global? -- The
Means to be Employed: Technological Instruments or
Idealistic Panaceas? -- The Relationship between Global
and Local Activities -- Role of the Academic Disciplines:
Multidisciplinary or Interdisciplinary? -- An Alternative
Strategy of Sustainable Cities: Five Operating Principles
-- Chapter 2 THE SUSTAINABLE CITIES MANIFESTO -- Pre-Text
-- Sustainable City Manifesto: Preamble -- Principles --
Post-Text -- Chapter 3 VARIATIONS ON A "GREEN" THEME:
OVERCOMING SEMANTICS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY DEBATE --
"Green" vs Sustainability: How They Differ and Why It
Matters -- Beyond a "Green Party": The Foundations of a
Sustainability Rubric -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 DON'T
PICK THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT? -- Introduction --
Sustainability as a Path that Cannot Be Traveled -- Beyond
the "Low-hanging" Fruit: Lovins and Hawken on Natural
Capitalism -- From Path to Process -- Not Picking the Low-
hanging Fruit as a Political Conundrum - A Way Out --
Chapter 5 FROM THE CITY TO THE CITY-REGION: THE
SUSTAINABLE AREA BUDGET, RURAL PARTNERLAND AND
SUSTAINABILITY ENGINE -- Sustainability Indicators --
Ecological Footprint -- Sustainable Area Budget --
Possibilities and Problems
505 8 Using the Sustainable Area Budget -- The Concept and
Necessity of Rural Partnerland -- The Sustainability
Engine -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 THE SUSTAINABLE CITY
GAME AS A GAME AND A TOOL OF URBAN DESIGN -- Introduction
-- From Netville to Cybercities -- Design Process as a
Participatory Game: The Sustainable City Game -- The
Sustainable City Prototype: The City-as-a-Hill --
Conclusion -- Part II SUSTAINABLE CITIES AROUND THE WORLD
-- Chapter 7 URBAN DREAMS OF GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY --
Introduction -- The Local(ist)-Globalist Debate -- Between
Environmental Moralism and Policy Incrementalism: Local
Agenda 21 vs The Aalborg Charter -- Case Studies in
Sustainable Community Development: Status and Prospectus -
- Troyan, Bulgaria -- Municipal Durban, Kwazulu/Natal
Province, Republic of South Africa -- City of Santos,
Brazil -- Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada -- Critical
Evaluation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 THE PROMISE AND
PITFALLS OF CHATTANOOGA'S ENTREPRENEURIAL "SUSTAINABILITY"
STRATEGY -- The Sustainable Chattanooga Story - The
Official Discourse of Its Decline and Revitalization --
Toward Chattanooga Sustainability 3.0 - Some Policy
Recommendations -- Chapter 9 SUSTAINABILITY COMES TO
OKOTOKS, ALBERTA -- Introduction -- Present at the
Creation: The Origins of Sustainable Okotoks -- Phase 1:
Native Resources, Promising Developments and Unresolved
Problems -- Rumble from the North: The Unraveling of
Sustainable Okotoks? -- Some Policy Recommendations --
Conclusion -- Chapter 10 VIENNA'S WESTBAHNHOF SUSTAINABLE
URBAN IMPLANTATION - THE CITY-AS-A-HILL -- Introduction --
The Sustainable City of the Past -- The Westbahnhof
Project − The Sustainable City of the Future -- The City-
as-a-Hill − A New Urban Model -- The Partnerland
Principle in Practice -- Conclusion
505 8 Chapter 11 THE SUCCESS OF SUCCESS: THE CHINESE VILLAGE AS
CATALYST OF FUTURE CHINESE SUSTAINABLE CITIES --
Introduction -- The Village as Generator -- Methodology --
Success - Some Examples -- The Scenario-building Process -
- Sustainability as a Systematic Balancing Process -- The
Sustainable Town-Region: Metropolis vs Village --
Implementing the Sustainable Town Process -- Systems
Modeling with the Sustainability Engine -- Conclusion --
Chapter 12 THE LONG MARCH TO SUSTAINABILITY IN CHINA --
Introduction -- Huangbaiyu: From Theory to Design -- A
"SUCCESS"-ful Critique of Huangbaiyu's Failure --
Conclusion -- CLOSING THOUGHTS -- Conclusion TAKING THE
ROAD LESS TRAVELED -- Worlds in Collision --
Sustainability Strategy: The Road Less Traveled -- In
Conclusion: Is the City the Fulcrum of Global
Sustainability? -- End Matter -- APPENDIX -- Appendix A
CHARTER OF EUROPEAN CITIES AND TOWNS TOWARDS
SUSTAINABILITY -- Part I: Consensus Declaration: European
Cities and Towns Towards Sustainability -- Part II: The
European Sustainable Cities and Towns Campaign -- Part III
: Engaging in The Local Agenda 21 Processes: Local Action
Plans Towards Sustainability -- Appendix B EMERALD CITY: A
ROLEPLAYING SUSTAINABILITY GAME -- Three Players -- Core
Values -- Site and Problem [Example] -- Rules of Play --
REFERENCES -- INDEX
520 This book finds short- and long-term solutions to twenty-
first century global woes by looking to the city as the
fulcrum for introducing sustainability around the world
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