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Local environmental sustainability /

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 was reiterated by the Johannesburg Summit in 2002. Local environmental sustainability sets the co...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Theobald, Kate; Buckingham, Susan, 1953
Published: CRC ; Woodhead,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge :
Publication Dates: 2003.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Woodhead Publishing in environmental management
Subjects:
Environmental policy
Community development
Sustainable development
Environmental policy > Citizen participation
Law
Business
NATURE > Natural Resources
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business
Electronic books
Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781855736856
Summary: 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 was reiterated 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
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (vii, 254 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 1855738597
9781855738591
Index Number: HC79
CLC: X21
Contents: Building alliances for local environmental sustainability / S. Buckingham, K. Theobald -- Skeletal frameworks / Elizabeth Wilson -- Making the wrecker seem not all malevolent / P. Pinch -- Local Agenda 21 and the shift to 'soft governance" / B. Evans, K. Theobald -- Combating social exclusion / M. Clark, S. Cox -- Retailing and sustainability / P. Garside, A. Hughes, K. Lynch -- Waste minimisation strategies / S. Barr -- Trading places / T.J. Aldridge, A. Patterson, J. Tooke -- Allotments and community gardens / S. Buckingham -- Local economies, trade and global sustainability / P.E. Perkins

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