CONTENIDO:1. A NEW ENVIRONMENTAL AGENDA FOR CITIES?
Introduction
A new environmental agenda
The structure of the book
The scale of urban change
2. ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN THE HOME, WORKPLACE AND NEIGHBOURBOOD
Introduction
The indoor environment at home
The workplace
The neighbourhood environment
3. THE CITY ENVIRONMENT
The range of problems
Toxic/hazardous wastes
Export of toxic wastes or polluting industries
Water pollution
Air pollution
Natural and human induced hazards
Noise pollution
Environment and well-being
Environmental problems in smaller cities
Who bears the environmental costs in Third World cities?
4. CITIES' RURAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL IMPACTS
Cities' regional impacts and rural-urban interactions Cities' ecological footprints
Cities and the global commons
Impacts of global warming on Third World cities
5. ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
Tackling environmental health problems
Improving water and sanitation
A better use of each city's natural resources
Solid wastes; reclamation, re-use, recycling and disposal Another role for NGOs
Tackling city-wide pollution
Air pollution
The institutional constraints
6. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES
Introduction
Sustainable development
How a concern for sustainability arose
The meaning of 'sustainability'
Defining sustainable development
Cities and ecological sustainability
Links between urban policies and sustainable development Linking global and local sustainability
The national framework for city action on sustainable development
Enabling local action
Implementing sustainable development in cities
Agenda 21 and the global context for sustainability and development
7. Conclusions
Introduction
Environmental problems; political solutions
Institutional change and the role of aid agencies
The role of NGOs and citizen groups
A city-specific environmental agenda
New professional attitudes
City problems within a global perspective
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