SDG11, Sustainable Cities and Communities (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ramani, Shyama V.; Hettiarachchi, Hiroshan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores Sustainable Development Goal 11, providing insights into viable pathways and policy designs for a transition towards sustainable, inclusive and resilient cities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000587685
• Artikelnr.: 63911863

Autorenporträt

Shyama V. Ramani is Professor at the School of Governance, United Nations University (UNU-MERIT). Her research focuses on the relationships between technology, innovation and their governance for inclusive development. Her work examines the role of technology and innovation in conjunction with actor (government, firms, citizens, public laboratories, NGOs, etc.) engagements to attain the SDGs related to gender equality, sanitation, sustainable cities and communities, education and climate change. Hiroshan Hettiarachchi is a civil engineering professor and a sustainability and circular economy scholar from Michigan, USA. He is also the former Head of Waste Management Unit at the United Nations University (UNU-FLORES) in Dresden Germany (2013- 2019). His expertise also covers sustainable waste and waste water management, integrated management of environmental resources, nexus thinking and geotechnical engineering. He is also specialised in the formulation and implementation of scientific and capacity development projects promoting sustainability.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Preface
1 An introduction to SDG 11 and conceptual frameworks for transition
management
Shyama V. Ramani
2 Insights for policy design to attain SDG 11: a critical review of the
literature
Shyama V. Ramani, Cristina García Santos, Maria Tomai and Eduardo Urias
3 Mysuru: the story of a clean city in India
Hiroshan Hettiarachchi and Namrata Mhaddolkar
4 How Ireland reduced its active landfills: a true tale of policy-driven
change
Thomas P. Curran and Orna O'Sullivan
5 Governance challenges of SDG 11: case studies from India, Japan and
Brazil
Nicholas M. Holden, Sanae Okamoto, Claudia Coutinho Nobrega, Raja
Venkataramani and Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino
6 Nudging cities towards renewable energy for sustainability: the case of
Istanbul
Betul Hande Gursoy Haksevenler, Yelda Erden Topal and Gokce Senoglu
7 Elevating consumer engagement in a circular economy: a framework for
cities to plan the process
Maria Tomai
8 The inverted waste pyramid as a policy tool to unite SDG 11 and SDG 12
waste management targets
Nicholas M. Holden
9 SDG 11: challenges and the way forward
Hiroshan Hettiarachchi
Index