Bruno Forte, Maria Cerreta, Pasquale De Toro

The Human Sustainable City

Challenges and Perspectives from the Habitat Agenda

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2003, this book represents a critical appraisal of the issues related to urban development and the modalities to face these issues from real examples, these in return can be used as starting points to construct new 'real utopias' or at least, to future 'best practices'.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 588
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1039g
• ISBN-13: 9781138708181
• ISBN-10: 1138708186
• Artikelnr.: 56894497

Autorenporträt

Luigi Fusco Girard is Professor of Economy and Environmental Evaluation within the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Naples "Federico II", Italy. In addition to this, he is Director of both the Department of Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Assets, and the Specialization School in Restoration of Monuments. He also coordinates the PhD Course in "Evaluation Methods for the Integrated Conservation of the Architectural, Urban and Environmental Heritage". Bruno Forte is Professor of Dogmatic Theology within the Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, in Naples, Italy, and works as a Consultant of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Maria Cerreta, PhD and Pasquale De Toro, PhD, both work within the Department of Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Assets at the University of Naples "Federico II" (Italy). Fabiana Forte, PhD, works within the Faculty of Architecture at the Second University of Naples, Italy.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction, Luigi Fusco Girard. Part I: An Environmental
Approach: Introduction to part I, Pasquale De Toro;The sustainable city in
an age of globalization, Peter Hall; Is urban development in the Third
World sustainable?, Alan Gilbert; Urban 'unsustainability' and
environmental conflict, Joan Martinez-Alier; The role of intrinsic values
for naturalization of the city, J. Baird Callicott; Sustainable
development, the struggle against poverty and new structures of governance
in the era of globalization, Stefano Zamagni; Sustainable urban strategies
for developing countries, Anil Laul; La maison des hommes: Chandigarh as a
sustainable city, Sarbjeet Singh Sandhu; Towards the sustainable city:
planning and urban development for the year 2000 world exposition in
Hanover, Germany, Jÿrgen Eppinger; Strategic policy scenarios for
sustainable mobility, Evgenia Dimitrakopoulou and Maria Giaoutzi. Part II:
An Inclusive Approach: Introduction to part II, Maria Cerreta; A better and
stronger system of humane governance at the turn of the century, Ãner
Kirdar; City and justice: social movements in the city, David Harvey;
Challenges and emerging responses for sustainable development in an
urbanizing world, Nicholas You; Agenda 21 for sustainable construction in
developing countries: the Indian case, Kirtee Shah; A critical evaluation
of approaches to urban development in Bangladesh: case study of Khulna,
Mejbahuddin Ahmed; Lithuanian business environmental management based on
local agenda 21 principles, Olga Belous; Creating neighbourhoods in
balance: issues and solutions, Keith Richardson; Agenda 21 and sustainable
development in a complex environment: Venice and its lagoon, Ignazio Musu;
Illegibility: a milieu for participation, Bohuslav Blazek; The sustainable
city and the role of the city-building professions, Leonie Sandercock. Part
III: An Integrated Approach: Introduction to part III, Fabiana Forte;
Integrative policymaking for the improvement of the quality of urban life,
Nicole Rijkens-Klomp, Martin van de Lindt, Marjolein B.A. van Asselt and
Jan Rotmans; Integrated assessment of urban revitalization projects, Peter
Nijkamp and Francesca Medda; Integrated conservation and environmental
challenge: reflections on the Swedish case of habitat, Nanne Engelbrektsson
and Jan Rosvall; Conservation-based cultural, environmental, and economic
development: the case of the walled city of Fez, Hassan Radoine; Cultural
heritage conservation in China: some significant good practices, Guang-Jun
Jin and Cong-xia Zhao; Can economics help preserve and conserve heritage?
And if so, can economics help to improve quality of life and of the
environment?, Christian Ost; The social and economic attractiveness of the
urban environment: an exercise in the valuation of public space in
Barcelona, Josep Roca Cladera, Malcolm C. Burns and Pilar GarcÃa Almirall;
Re-humanizing an environmental protection culture: a case study of
integrating multiple perspectives in achieving environmental behaviour
change in a regulated industry sector, Jack W. Scannell, Denise L. Scannell
and Charlton D. McIlwain; An open conclusion, Bruno Forte; Naples
declaration; Index.