Livable cities? : urban struggles for livelihood and sustainability / edited by Peter Evans.

Other author Evans, Peter B., 1944-
Format Book
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxiii, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-267) and index.
LCCN 2001027245
ISBN0520230248 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520230256 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HT330 .L58 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold