附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The level of governance closest to the people-- " -- Government, governance, and local sustainability -- Meeting the sustainability challenge -- Institutional capacity and social capacity -- Local government and civil society -- Governing for sustainability.
摘要:Urban governance and sustainability are rapidly becoming key issues around the world. Currently three billion people - half the population of the planet - live in cities and by 2050 a full two-thirds of the world's population will be housed in ever larger and increasingly densely populated urban areas. The economic social and environmental challenges posed by urbanization on such a large scale and at such a rapid pace are staggering for local regional and national governments working towards sustainability. Solutions to the myriad problems plaguing the quest for sustainability at the city-leve.
