Local environmental sustainability /

• Other Authors: Theobald, Kate (Editor), Buckingham, Susan, 1953- (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : Cambridge : CRC ; Woodhead, 2003.
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in environmental management.
• Subjects: Environmental policy.; Community development.; Sustainable development.; Environmental policy > Citizen participation.; NATURE > Natural Resources.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.; Electronic books.

The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit. Its importance was reiterated by the Johannesburg Summit in 2002. Local environmental sustainability sets the co...

Table of Contents:

• Building alliances for local environmental sustainability / S. Buckingham, K. Theobald
• Skeletal frameworks / Elizabeth Wilson
• Making the wrecker seem not all malevolent / P. Pinch
• Local Agenda 21 and the shift to 'soft governance" / B. Evans, K. Theobald
• Combating social exclusion / M. Clark, S. Cox
• Retailing and sustainability / P. Garside, A. Hughes, K. Lynch
• Waste minimisation strategies / S. Barr
• Trading places / T.J. Aldridge, A. Patterson, J. Tooke
• Allotments and community gardens / S. Buckingham
• Local economies, trade and global sustainability / P.E. Perkins
• Inequality and community / A. Blowers.