Urban Sustainability in Theory and Practice: Circles of sustainability
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1. Verfasser: James, Paul (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 2015
Schriftenreihe:Advances in urban sustainability
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Beschreibung:Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Preface: Towards a new paradigm; PART I Setting the global-local scene; 1 Confronting a world in crisis; Cities are at the centre of these crises; The new urban paradoxes; Why do our responses remain short term?; Towards flourishing sustainable cities; Case study: Melbourne, Australia; 2 Defining the world around us; Sustainable and good development; Negative and positive sustainability; Cities and urban settlements; Globalization and localization; Community and sustainability; Case study: New Delhi, India
PART II Understanding social life3 Social domains; Judging the value of any method; Defining social domains; Defining perspectives and aspects; Defining aspects of the social whole; Appendix; Case study: Valletta and Paolo, Malta; 4 Social mapping; Researching social and project profiles; Defining social themes; Defining ontological formations; Case study: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 5 Social meaning; Ideas and ideologies; Imaginaries; Ontological formations; PART III Developing methods and tools; 6 Assessing sustainability; Problems with top-down assessment processes
Problems with bottom-up assessment processesTowards a comprehensive assessment method; Defining the stages of project management; Appendix; Case study: Porto Alegre, Brazil; 7 Generating an urban sustainability profile; Definitions for the purpose of this questionnaire; The scale for critical judgement; Appendix: Urban profile questionnaire; 8 Measuring community sustainability; Developing a social life questionnaire; Comparing different communities; Overcoming methodological limitations; Appendix: Social life questionnaire; 9 Conducting a peer review; Building on the strengths of peer review
Phases in the peer-review processCase study: Johannesburg, South Africa; 10 Adapting to climate change; Setting objectives for adaptation; Cross-domain options for adaptation; Avoiding maladaption; Risk assessment methods; Vulnerability assessment methods; 11 Projecting alternative futures; Developing a scenario projection process; The scenario process in action; Beyond the first stage of scenario development; 12 Simulating future trends; Are cities actually like elephants?; The world of city simulators; Foundations of the approach; Simulating the future?; Conclusion; Index
Cities are home to the most consequential current attempts at human adaptation and they provide one possible focus for the flourishing of life on this planet. However, for this to be realized in more than an ad hoc way, a substantial rethinking of current approaches and practices needs to occur. Urban Sustainability in Theory and Practice responds to the crises of sustainability in the world today by going back to basics. It makes four major contributions to thinking about and acting upon cities. It provides a means of reflexivity learning about urban sustainability in the process of working p
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:283 pages
ISBN:9781317658368
1317658361
9781315765747
1315765748

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