Cities and the environment : new approaches for eco-societies

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• List of tables and figures = ⅷ
• Acronyms = ⅹ
• Acknowledgement = xiii
• Preface / Yukio Aoshima = xv
• 1 Introduction : Cities and the environment-towards eco-partnerships / Takashi Inoguchi ; Edward Newman ; Glen Paoletto = 1
• Part Ⅰ : Frameworks for eco-partnerships
• 2 Ecological "rules" of a sustainable society / Ernest Callenbach = 17
• 3 Urban environmental management : A partnership continuum / Hari Srinivas = 30
• 4 The concept and civilization of an eco-society : Dilemmas, innovations, and urban dramas / voula Mega = 47
• 5 Sustainable urban societies : A technological or a political goal? / Edward Newman = 71
• Part Ⅱ : Partnerships in action
• 6 Civil society and the urban environment / Ooi Giok Ling = 105
• 7 An institutional capacity-building approach to urban environmental governance in medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean / Daniela Simioni = 127
• 8 After the Dam Age is done : Social capital and eco-partnerships in urban watersheds / James E. Nickum = 140
• 9 A new approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities : The pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management / German T. Velasquez ; Juha I. Uitto ; Benjamin Wisner ; Shigeo Takahashi = 161
• 10 Life Cycle Assessment : Its prospects as a tool for creating a sustainable economic system / Monte Cassim = 185
• 11 Rainwater in cities : A note on ecology and practice / Klaus W. K$$\ddot o$$nig = 203
• 12 Communities, markets, and city government : Innovative roles for coastal cities in reducing marine pollution in the Asia-Pacific region / Lyuba Zarsky ; Jason Hunter = 216
• Part Ⅲ : International and future dimensions
• 13 Cultivating an urban eco-society : The United Nations response / Nitin Desai = 233
• 14 An economic assessment of China-Japan cooperation to address acid rain / Jusen Asuka-Zhang = 256
• 15 A new paradigm of North-South relations : Implications of international cooperation by local authorities in Japan / Toshihiro Menju = 281
• 16 Urban governance in the new economy / Glen Paoletto = 297
• Contributors = 326
• Index = 328