| Consuming Cities: The Urban Environment in the Global Economy After Rio Contributor(s): Elander, Ingemar (Author), Gleeson, Brendan (Author), Lidskog, Rolf (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415187699 ISBN-13: 9780415187695 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: A strong collection examining whether the Rio Declaraion has made a differene to enviromental management, and whether recent policies will help to reduce the impact of global consumption and developement. The book examines these issues through studying three categories of countries as examples: firstly, four countries from the world's core economies-the USA, Japan, Germany and Britain; secondly 'giant' states of China and India; and finally comparisons of pairs of smaller countries of 'developing' and 'developed' countries such as Australia and Indonesia. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.209 |
| LCCN: 99018549 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.36" W x 9.48" (1.41 lbs) 330 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is about cities as engines of consumption of the world's environment, and the spread of policies to reduce their impact. It looks at these issues by examining the impact of the Rio Declaration and assesses the extent to which it has made a difference. Consuming Cities examines this impact using case studies from around the world including: the USA, Japan, Germany, the UK, China, India, Sweden, Poland, Australia and Indonesia The contributors all have direct experience of the urban environment and urban policies in the countries on which they write and offer an authoritative commentary which brings the urban 'consumption' dimension of sustainable development into focus. |
