Cities and the environment : new approaches for eco-societies / edited by Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, and Glen Paoletto.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cities and the environment-- towards eco-partnerships / Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, and Glen Paoletto -- Ecological "rules" of a sustainable society / Ernest Callenbach -- Urban environmental management : a partnership continuum / Hari Srinivas -- Concept and civilization of an eco-society : dilemmas, innovations, and urban dramas / Voula Mega -- Sustainable urban societies : a technological or a political goal? / Edward Newman -- Civil society and the urban environment / Ooi Giok Ling -- Institutional capacity-building approach to urban environmental governance in medium-sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean / Daniela Simioni -- After the dam age is done : social capital and eco-partnerships in urban watersheds / James E. Nickum -- New approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities : the pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management / German T. Velasquez [and others] -- Life cycle assessment : its prospects as a tool for creating a sustainable economic system / Monte Cassim -- Rainwater in cities : a note on ecology and practice / Klaus W. König -- Communities, markets, and city government : innovative roles for coastal cities in reducing marine pollution in the Asia-Pacific region / Lyuba Zarsky and Jason Hunter -- Cultivating an urban eco-society : the United Nations response / Nitin Desai -- Economic assessment of China-Japan cooperation to address acid rain / Jusen Asuka-Zhang -- New paradigm of North-South relations : implications of international cooperation by local authorities in Japan / Toshihiro Manju -- Urban governance in the new economy / Glen Paoletto.

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