Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development from Rio to Rio+20
Title | Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development from Rio to Rio+20 PDF eBook |
Author | Malgosia Fitzmaurice |
Publisher | Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2015-01-08 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9004282912 |
The Challenges of Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development from Rio to Rio+20 and Beyond is an innovative and original book which addresses in an analytical and critical way the issues raised by Rio+20. Its content offers a wealth of information from world leading experts in the fields of international law, international environmental law and international health law. The book provides a unique insight in issues which are at the core of the contemporary management of social, environmental and economic questions and thus represents a very important contribution to our further understanding of the concept of sustainable development. It is aimed at a global audience and at anybody interested in the future of our Planet and the fate of future generations. Contributors are: Pia Acconci, Estelle Brosset, Francesco Buonomenna, Lucien Chabason, Carina Costa de Oliveira, Angela Di Stasi, Jérôme Dubois, Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Leonardus Gerber, Elizabeth Hodson de Jaramillo, Sophie Lavallée, Antonio Leandro, Sandrine Maljean-Dubois, Panos Merkouris, Claudia Napoli, Stefania Negri, Anna Oriolo, Rossana Palladino, Teresa Russo, Ingrid Schuler, Francesco Sindico, José Manuel Sobrino Heredia, Hélène Tigroudja, Valentina Vadi, Anna Vigorito
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Publisher | Editions Bréal |
Pages | 275 |
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ISBN | 2749525624 |
Ville et environnement
Title | Ville et environnement PDF eBook |
Author | Elisabeth Dorier-Apprill |
Publisher | Editions Sedes |
Pages | 581 |
Release | 2006-02-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 2301002713 |
L'urbanisation de la planète est le fait géographique majeur d'aujourd'hui : mégapoles, conurbations, étalement périurbain, poussée des villes petites et moyennes... Les pressions sur l'environnement sont l'artificialisation des sols et de l'air, la ponction sur les ressources. Les villes sont des milieux de vie spécifiques avec leur atmosphère propre, leur végétation, leurs microclimats. En ville, l'eau, si vitale, est mal partagée ; le traitement des déchets fait débat ; réhabiliter des quartiers crée de nouvelles ségrégations sociospatiales. La ville est désormais un enjeu politique et marketing. Quelles sont les représentations collectives de la nature et de l'environnement ? Le développement durable est-il possible ? Les réglementations sont-elles pertinentes ? Les auteurs, qui choisissent leurs exemples dans le monde entier, offrent une réflexion critique et font la première synthèse de recherches originales.
The Urban Garden City
Title | The Urban Garden City PDF eBook |
Author | Sandrine Glatron |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2018-03-24 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 3319727338 |
This book provides an interdisciplinary overview of the role of gardens in cities throughout different historical periods. It shows that, thanks to various forms of spatial and social organisation, gardens are part of the material urban landscape, biodiversity, symbolic and social shape, and assets of our cities, and are increasingly becoming valued as an ‘order’ to follow. Gardens have long been part of the development of cities, serving different purposes through the ages: shaping neighborhoods to promote health or hygiene, introducing aesthetic or biological elements, gathering the citizens around a social purpose, and providing food and diversity in times of crisis. Highlighting examples that can serve as the basis for comparisons, the chapters offer a brief panorama of experiences and models of gardens in the city – in the European context and in various periods of history – while also discussing issues related to garden cities, urban agriculture and community gardens. The contributors are university staff from various disciplines in the human and life sciences, in discourse with other academics but also with practitioners who are interested in experiences with urban gardens and in promoting an awareness of their spatial, social and ‘philosophical’ goals throughout history. The book will appeal to urban geographers, sociologists and historians, but also to urban ecologists dealing with ecosystem services, biodiversity and sustainable development in cities. From a more operational standpoint, landscape planners and architects are sure to find many of the projects enlightening and inspirational.
Land in the Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
Title | Land in the Struggles for Citizenship in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Moyo, Sam |
Publisher | CODESRIA |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2015-12-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 2869786360 |
The variety of land questions facing Africa and the divergent strategies proposed to resolve them continue to evoke debates. Increasingly, in response to the enduring problems of land tenure, there are land movements of all shapes and orientations, some reformist and others quite revolutionary in their agenda. However revolutionary, land movements have tended to ignore the land tenure interests of women, pastoralists, youth and indigenous people. Several of these longstanding and emerging issues in land tenure include the role of the state in land tenure reforms; urban land questions, the nature of land struggles and improvements; and, the impact of land tenure developments on particular social groups and countries. An overarching concern is the extent to which land rights are being commodified, through the conversion of land held under customary tenure systems into marketised systems. The consequences of this include growing land concentration, land tenure insecurities, diminishing access to land by various sections of society, including the poor, women and less dominant ethno-religious groups. This volume brings together different studies on Africa's land questions exploring emerging land issues on the continent in terms of the wider questions of development, citizenship, and democratisation. The chapters discuss the land question through a variety of themes. Some focus on the agrarian aspects of the land questions, while others elucidate the urban dimensions of the land question.
Sustainable Cities Revisited II - 7058iied
Title | Sustainable Cities Revisited II - 7058iied PDF eBook |
Author | International Institute for Environment & Development |
Publisher | IIED |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781843690931 |
The Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Small Municipalities
Title | The Rehabilitation and Enhancement of Small Municipalities PDF eBook |
Author | Teresa Colletta |
Publisher | Altralinea Edizioni |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 2021-12-30 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The volume deals with the recovery and enhancement of minor centers, especially under today’s pandemic crisis, when a spontaneous movement from larger cities towards neighboring occurs. These small towns are a great resource of the Mediterranean Cultural Heritage, tangible and intangible, that must be safeguarded and re-evaluated. This volume collects the essays of the members of the Mediterranean CIVVIH Sub-committee presented within the 2021 Webinar, as a comparison between different minor contexts throughout the EU countries around the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Promoting participation in new urban models seems to be a good opportunity for the revival of the abandoned villages.