Livable cities? urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Peter B.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley University of California Press 2002
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Netlibrary - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • looking for agents of urban livability in a globalized political economy / Peter Evans
  • Urban poverty and the environment: social capital and state-community synergy in Seoul and Bangkok / Mike Douglass, Orathai Ard-am, and Ik Ki Kim
  • Collective action toward a sustainable city: citizens' movements and environmental politics in Taipei / Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Hwa-Jen Liu
  • Community-driven regulation: toward an improved model of environmental regulation in Vietnam / Dara O'Rourke
  • Social and spatial inequalities in Hungarian environmental politics: a historical perspective / Zsuzsa Gille
  • "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink": land use and water policy in São Paulo, Brazil / Margaret E. Keck
  • Sustainability, livelihood, and community mobilization in the Ajusco "ecological reserve" / Keith Pezzoli
  • Political strategies for more livable cities: lessons from six cases of development and political transition / Peter Evans