From Understanding to Action
Subtitle: Sustainable Urban Development in Medium-Sized Cities in Africa and Latin America
By: edited by Marco Keiner, Christopher Zegras, Willy A. Schmid, Diego Salmerón
Contributors: Zegras, Christopher; Schmid, Willy A.; Salmerón, Diego
Series: Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries Science and Technology: Tools for Sustainable Development -- 5; Alliance for Global Sustainability Bookseries Science and Technology: Tools for Sustainable Development -- 5
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9789048167371; 9781402029219
Subjects: Engineering economy; Renewable energy sources; Engineering; Architecture
Description: This book provides a framework for the design, implementation, and measurement of sustainable urban development in developing countries. It presents the findings of an AGS-sponsored project. Based on case studies in Johannesburg, Gabarone, and Santiago de Chile, the book identifies challenges and potentials for sustainable urban development and suggests alternative ways that governments, city-regions, communities, and planners can respond to these challenges. The introductory part highlights the problem of global urbanization, focusing on cities of sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. The design part includes a context/needs analysis followed by recommendations of broad frameworks for sustainable urban development. The implementation part looks at the institutional and policy framework and strategies necessary for sustainable urban development, while the measurement part deals with the required mechanisms and tools for evaluating sustainable urban development policy and strategies as well as the review of outcomes/impacts (indicators). This publication is of special interest for university researchers and students, international experts, and organizations for sustainable urban development in developing countries, but also practitioners from planning authorities worldwide.
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