TY  - BOOK
AU  - Inoguchi,Takashi
AU  - Newman,Edward
AU  - Paoletto,Glen
TI  - Cities and the environment: new approaches for eco-societies 
SN  - 9280810235 (pbk.)
AV  - HT 241 C581 1999
U1  - 304.2/09173/2 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - Tokyo, New York
PB  - United Nations University Press
KW  - Urban ecology
KW  - Cities and town
KW  - Growth
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Environmental degradation
KW  - Sustainable development
KW  - Ecología urbana (Sociología)
KW  - Desarrollo sostenible
KW  - Degradación ambiental
KW  - Ecologie urbaine
KW  - Villes
KW  - Croissance
KW  - Aspect de l'environnement
KW  - Environnement
KW  - Degradation
KW  - Developpement durable
KW  - Urbanisme durable
KW  - Meio ambiente urbano
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Cidades
KW  - Desenvolvimento sustentavel
KW  - Stedelijke ontwikkeling
KW  - gtt
KW  - Milieuvraagstuk
KW  - Duurzame ontwikkeling
KW  - ram
KW  - Pollution
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cities and the environment-- towards eco-partnerships; Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, and Glen Paoletto --; Ecological "rules" of a sustainable society; Ernest Callenbach --; Urban environmental management : a partnership continuum; Hari Srinivas --; Concept and civilization of an eco-society : dilemmas, innovations, and urban dramas; Voula Mega --; Sustainable urban societies : a technological or a political goal?; Edward Newman --; Civil society and the urban environment; Ooi Giok Ling --; Institutional capacity-building approach to urban environmental governance in medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean; Daniela Simioni --; After the dam age is done : social capital and eco-partnerships in urban watersheds; James E. Nickum --; New approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities : the pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management; German T. Velasquez ... [et al.] --; Life cycle assessment : its prospects as a tool for creating a sustainable economic system; Monte Cassim --; Rainwater in cities : a note on ecology and practice; Klaus W. Kèonig --; Communities, markets, and city government : innovative roles for coastal cities in reducing marine pollution in the Asia-Pacific region; Lyuba Zarsky and Jason Hunter --; Cultivating an urban eco-society : the United Nations response; Nitin Desai --; Economic assessment of China-Japan cooperation to address acid rain; Jusen Asuka-Zhang --; New paradigm of North-South relations : implications of international cooperation by local authorities in Japan; Toshihiro Manju --; Urban governance in the new economy; Glen Paoletto
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