Governing sustainable cities /

Urban governance and sustainability are rapidly becoming key issues around the world. Currently three billion people - half the population of the planet - live in cities and by 2050 a full two-thirds of the world's population will be housed in ever larger and increasingly densely populated urba...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Evans, Bob, 1947 October 17-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=126147
Table of Contents:
  • "The level of governance closest to the people-- "
  • Government, governance, and local sustainability
  • Meeting the sustainability challenge
  • Institutional capacity and social capacity
  • Local government and civil society
  • Governing for sustainability.