Local Environmental Sustainability
eBook - PDF

Local Environmental Sustainability

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Local Environmental Sustainability

About this book

The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit. Its importance has been reiterated more recently by the Johannesburg Summit in 2002.Local Environmental Sustainability sets the context for local environmental sustainability and, in particular, considers how local government can promote sustainable development by building partnerships with different groups and organisations in the local community. Using case studies, individual chapters focus on different types of regional and local initiatives, the partnerships that have made them possible, and the key issues in making them effective.Local Environmental Sustainability provides a blueprint for both local governments and local communities to work together effectively for a more sustainable future. - An important new study focusing on the links between local environmental initiatives and the provision of sustainable services - Includes case studies showing how local government initiatives can work in the community - Considers the relationship between local programmes and the implementation of Local Agenda 21

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Local Enyironmental Sustainability
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Chapter 1. Building alliances for local environmental sustainability
  6. Chapter 2. Skeletal frameworks: Regional Sustainable Development Frameworks and the issue of climate change
  7. Chapter 3. Making the wrecker seem not all malevolent: re- regulating the UK's china clay mining industry
  8. Chapter 4. Local Agenda 21 and the shift to 'soft governance'
  9. Chapter 5. Combating social exclusion: focus groups, local empowerment and development: a Preston case study
  10. Chapter 6. Retailing and sustainability: exploring connections using the example of a local town market
  11. Chapter 7. Waste minimisation strategies
  12. Chapter 8. Trading places: geography and the role of Local Exchange Trading Schemes in local sustainable development
  13. Chapter 9. Allotments and community gardens: a DIY approach to environmental sustainability
  14. Chapter 10. Local economies, trade and global sustainability
  15. Chapter 11. Inequality and community: the missing dimensions of sustainable development
  16. Index