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Governing Urban Sustainability
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Pettibone, Lisa |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building momentum for sustainability. The book presents in-depth case studies of six cities in the USA and Germany: New York, Portland, Seattle, Berlin, Hamburg, and Heidelburg. Drawing on 75 interviews, document analysis, and a bilingual literature review, the book analyzes how sustainability is politically constructed in city strategic plans and sustainability indicators. The volume provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of sustainability, discusses the key governance instruments relevant to urban sustainability, and delivers new empirical and theoretical material on their role in a sustainability transition. It concludes that despite the national-level differences, cities' experiences in both countries are similar. Political sustainability at the city level differs in several important ways from academic principles of sustainability. Finally, it proposes that sustainability-minded groups may be a key link to connect urban sustainability in practice to theoretical concepts. Book Name: Governing Urban Sustainability |
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| DOI | 10.4324/9781315585635 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2016-04-22 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Governing Urban Sustainability Building Urban Sustainability Sustainability Minded Groups Theoretical Cities |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |