Title: From unsustainable to inclusive cities /
Authors: Westendorff, David G.; Switzerland.; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.
Date: 2004
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development,
Physical description: xi, 256 p. ; 21 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: H
Contents: Introduction. Sustainable cities and views of southern practitioners / David Westendorff -- pt . 1. Case studies: ch. 1. Sustainable environmentalism, participation and sustainable human development in cities of Southeast Asia / Adrian Atkinson -- ch. 2. Sustainable urban development in India : an inclusive perspective / Darshini Mahadevia -- ch. 3. Metropolization and the ecological crisis : precarious settlements in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam / Sebastian Wust, Jean-Claude Bolay and Thai Thi Ngoc Du -- ch. 4. Sustainable development in an urban Tanzanian context / Batilda Burian and Alphonce T. Kyariga -- ch. 5. Unsustainable development : the Philippine experience / Karina Constantino-David -- ch. 6. Sustainable development and democracy in the megacities / Jaime Joseph -- pt. 2. International trends and actors affecting sustainability: ch. 7. Alliances in international co-operation : a change of paradigm in urban governance? / Isabelle Milbert -- ch. 8. Sustainable development for urban poor : applying a human rights approach to the problem / David Westendorff .
Notes: "An UNRISD publication in association with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation". Document symbol and job no. on p. 256. UN Job no.: G0402627 E.
Subject headings (LCSH): Case studies.; City planning--Developing countries--Case studies.; City planning--Economic development--Case studies.; Municipal government--Developing countries.; Sustainable development--Case studies.; Sustainable development--Developing countries; Urban ecology (Sociology)--Developing countries.; Urban policy--Developing countries--Case studies.; Urban poor--Developing countries.; Urbanization--Developing countries--Case studies.