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Summary
Summary
This fascinating book explores environmental, institutional, social and cultural aspects of sustainability in a variety of towns and cities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America. The contributors focus particularly on meeting the needs of the urban poor. The main themes are:urban environmental management with particular reference to economic activities and housing achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability managing urban development processes to reduce their environmental impacts, to improve the produced built environments and sustain improved practices. Drawing on case studies of individual cities (Lahore, Shanghai, Medellin, Florianópolis, Hofuf, Cairo) and countries (South Africa, Mozzambique, Iran) as well as comparative research and analytical procedures, the international group of contributors evaluate government policies and practices and make suggestions for improvements
Table of Contents
| Foreword: Practical measures for implementing the Habitat Agenda in the 21st CenturyMichael Mutter |
| Preface: Key urban facts - the series and this bookNick Hall |
| Building sustainable human settlements: an editorial introductionCarole Rakodi and Sam Romaya |
| Part 1 Urban environmental management, employment and housing Housing and industry in Lahore, Pakistan: good or bad neighbours?Rizwan Hameed and Jeremy Raemaekers |
| Urban growth and development in Shanghai: towards responsive institutional arrangements for environmental planning and managementDavid Shaw and Peter J.B.Brown and David W. Massey and Xiangrong Wang |
| Rational environmental decision making: some lessons from Thailand's EIA experienceOparim Pimchaeron and David Shaw |
| The effects of home-based enterprises on the residential environment in developing countriesGraham Tipple and Justine Coulson and Peter Kellett |
| Part 2 Achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability: Environments of harmony and social conflict: the role of the environment in the defusion of urban violence in Medellin, ColombiaPeter Brand |
| Building sustainable capacity for urban poverty reductionCarole Rakodi |
| The role of civil society in housing policy development: some lessons from Southern AfricaPaul Jenkins |
| Community empowerment and social sustainability in Florianopolis, BrazilDenise Martins Lopes and Carole Rakodi |
| When the state cannot cope: community self management? The case of Rincon Grande de Pavas in San Jose de Costa Rica, Central AmericaHarry Smith |
| Cultural continuity: comparing the Fereej system and modern housing development in Hofuf, Saudi ArabiaMashary A. Al-Naim |
| Part 3 Sustainable urban development processes: Incremental transformations for sustainable urban settlementsSam Romaya |
| Good practice in core area development: combating poverty through a participatory approachTony Lloyd-Jones and Sarah Carmona |
| Ambitious aims, persistent problems: An evaluation of low income urban housing policy in IranM.R. Dallalpour Mohammadi |
| Developing appropriate housing standards and proceduresTheo Schilderman and Lucky Lowe |
| Public/private partnerships in urban land developmentGeoffrey Payne |
| Conclusion: some building blocks for sustainable human settlementsCarole Rakodi |
