Consuming Cities: The Urban Environment in the Global Economy After the Rio DeclarationNicholas Low 1. Cities as consumers of the world's environment -- 2. The Rio Declaration and subsequent global initiatives -- 3. A rough road out of Rio: the right-wing reaction in the United States against global environmentalism -- 4. Contradictions at the local scale : local implementation of Agenda 21 in the USA -- 5. Britain : unsustainable cities -- 6. Sustainability and urban policy in Germany : retrospect and prospect -- 7. Japanese urban policy : challenges of the Rio Earth Summit -- 8. China's urban environmental sustainability in a global context -- 9. Agenda 21 and urban India -- 10. After Rio : environmental policies and urban planning in Sweden -- 11. Poland : on the way to a market economy -- 12. Recent Australian urban policy and the environment : green or mean? -- 13. Jakarta, Indonesia : kampung culture or consumer culture? -- 14. After Rio : urban environmental governance? |
Contents
1 Cities as consumers of the worlds environment | 1 |
2 The Rio Declaration and subsequent global initiatives | 31 |
3 A rough road out of Rio | 55 |
4 Contradictions at the local scale | 71 |
unsustainable cities | 92 |
6 Sustainability and urban policy in Germany | 111 |
7 Japanese urban policy | 133 |
8 Chinas urban environmental sustainability in a global context | 155 |
9 Agenda 21 and urban India | 178 |
10 After Rio | 201 |
11 Poland | 223 |
12 Recent Australian urban policy and the environment | 246 |
13 Jakarta Indonesia | 271 |
14 After Rio | 287 |
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