From unsustainable to inclusive cities
By: edited by David Westendorff.
Contributors: Westendorff, David G.; United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.; Switzerland. Direktion für Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitäre Hilfe.
Publisher: UN Research Institute for Social Development
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Urban policy -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Urbanization -- Developing countries -- Case studies; City planning -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Sustainable development -- Developing countries; Urban ecology -- Developing countries; Urban poor -- Developing countries; Municipal government -- Developing countries
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Distribution: General (not for deposit).
Includes bibliographical references.
"An UNRISD publication in association with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation".
Document symbol and job no. on p. 256.
Available also at UNRISD website.
UN Job no.: G0402627 E.
Material type: Reports/studies.
Material type: Addresses, essays, etc.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Sustainable cities and views of southern practitioners / David Westendorff; title: pt . 1. Case studies: ch. 1. Sustainable environmentalism, participation and sustainable human development in cities of Southeast Asia / Adrian Atkinson; title: ch. 2. Sustainable urban development in India : an inclusive perspective / Darshini Mahadevia; title: 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; title: ch. 4. Sustainable development in an urban Tanzanian context / Batilda Burian and Alphonce T. Kyariga; title: ch. 5. Unsustainable development : the Philippine experience / Karina Constantino-David; title: ch. 6. Sustainable development and democracy in the megacities / Jaime Joseph; title: pt. 2. International trends and actors affecting sustainability: ch. 7. Alliances in international co-operation : a change of paradigm in urban governance? / Isabelle Milbert; title: ch. 8. Sustainable development for urban poor : applying a human rights approach to the problem / David Westendorff .