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1 online resource (xxxi, 228 pages) |
| Contents |
Note continued: 4.4. Energy Ethics: For Science with a Conscience -- 4.5. Prospects for Nuclear Fusion: A Competitor for Renewables? -- Watercolour 5 Stockholm: Green Capital of Europe 2010 -- 5. Competitive and Attractive Cities -- 5.1. Cities, Players in the Knowledge Economy in Crisis -- 5.2. Aligning Green Growth with Sustainability -- 5.3. Employment, the Cornerstone of Sustainable Cities -- 5.4. Quality of Life as an Asset for Cities -- 5.5. Competitive Edge of Cities -- Watercolour 6 Helsinki: A Competitive and Attractive City? -- 6. Social Justice and Solidarity in Cities -- 6.1. From Distressed to Fulfilling Cities -- 6.2. Youths and Women: The Actors of Urban Solidarity and the Stake of Education -- 6.3. Sustainable Housing: The Living Cells of the Cities -- 6.4. Public Health, Well-Being and Safety -- 6.5. Urban Peripheries: From Tensions to Hope -- Watercolour 7 Prague: A City to Exercise Social Solidarity -- 7. Cities of Sciences, Culture and the Arts -- 7.1. Cities as Beehives of Creativity, the Spark of Excellence and Change -- 7.2. Knowledge Cities and Helices: Investing in Innovation -- 7.3. Cities, Epicentres of Cultural Energy -- 7.4. Cities as Theatres of Artistic Creation -- Watercolour 8 Madrid: A City for Science, Culture and the Arts -- 8. Urban Renaissance of the Third Millennium -- 8.1. Recreating Cities as Beacons of Civilisation -- 8.2. Sustainable Regeneration Rather Than Expansion -- 8.3. Cities on the Waterfront: Chances and Challenges -- 8.4. New Landmarks for the Urban Futures -- 8.5. Strategic (Spatial and Time) Planning -- Watercolour 9 Malaga: Urban Renaissance for Spaces and Functions -- 9. Cities of the Citizens -- 9.1. "What is the City but the People?" (William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, 3.1.199) -- 9.2. Institutional Innovation and Local Governance |
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Note continued: 9.3. Rights and Duties to the City: Citizenship, Participation and Accountability -- 9.4. World Pact for Cities and Citizens: For a Global Coalition of Excellence -- Watercolour 10 Athens: The Birthlight of Urban Democracy -- 10. Sustainability Indicators: The Benchmarks of Urban Excellence -- 10.1. Robust and Significant Indicators to Assess and Compare Progress -- 10.2. Principles for a Meaningful Set of Urban Indicators -- 10.3. Indicative Set of Headline Urban Indicators -- Watercolour 11 Cities of the Mind/Homaga to P. Klee -- Selected Web Sites -- Watercolour 12 Bangkok: The Temple of the Dawn -- Annex: Twenty International Networks and Movements of Cities |
| Summary |
This book offers a 360 degree view of the challenges facing cities at the dawn of the millennium in terms of growth, governance, institutions and infrastructures, environmental well-being, social integration, science, culture and the arts, urban renaissance and planning, local democracy and citizenship. One year after the crisis that started in 2008, the book presents responses to overcome the crisis of values and engage in a sustainability path from European and world cities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban ecology (Sociology)
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Urban ecology (Biology)
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urban environments.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Villes.
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Développement urbain.
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Développement durable.
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Sociologie urbaine.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Education.
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Urban ecology (Biology)
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Urban ecology (Sociology)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010934906 |
| ISBN |
9781441960375 |
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1441960376 |
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1441960368 |
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9781441960368 |
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