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Governance for Sustainable Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 230

Governance for Sustainable Development

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013
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  • Publisher: Earthscan

As the process of globalization continues and power imbalances between decision-making institutions become increasingly apparent, the need for a critical assessment of the way in which we manage our interaction with the natural environment becomes ever more urgent. Good governance was identified at the World Summit on Sustainable Development as a critical factor for ensuring successful sustainable development. This book builds on the briefing papers that were presented at the Summit, taking further the discussions of the WEHAB agenda (Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and food, and Biodiversity - the five international priority sectors highlighted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan). This is a unique offering on the role and reform of global institutions and processes, raising issues that have previously been neglected in international discussions.

Governance for Sustainable Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 237

Governance for Sustainable Development

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-06-17
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  • Publisher: Routledge

As the process of globalization continues and power imbalances between decision-making institutions become increasingly apparent, the need for a critical assessment of the way in which we manage our interaction with the natural environment becomes ever more urgent. Good governance was identified at the World Summit on Sustainable Development as a critical factor for ensuring successful sustainable development. This book builds on the briefing papers that were presented at the Summit, taking further the discussions of the WEHAB agenda (Water, Energy, Health, Agriculture and food, and Biodiversity - the five international priority sectors highlighted by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan). This is a unique offering on the role and reform of global institutions and processes, raising issues that have previously been neglected in international discussions.

The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 278

The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development

  • Categories: Law
  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-08-21
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates who mapped out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), identifies priorities in the implementation of Agenda 21 and other international agreements, and commitments that will take these priorities forward. This plain language version provides an invaluable reference to the outcomes of the WSSD by explaining the JPOI clearly for the lay person and expert alike.

The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 279

The Plain Language Guide to the World Summit on Sustainable Development

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012-08-21
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in 2002 brought together thousands of delegates who mapped out the future of the global sustainable development agenda. The resulting technical document, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI), identifies priorities in the implementation of Agenda 21 and other international agreements, and commitments that will take these priorities forward. This plain language version provides an invaluable reference to the outcomes of the WSSD by explaining the JPOI clearly for the lay person and expert alike.

Governing for Sustainable Urban Development
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 161

Governing for Sustainable Urban Development

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2012
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  • Publisher: Earthscan

First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Economy of Green Cities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 465

The Economy of Green Cities

This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level.

Ending Africa's Energy Deficit and the Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 433

Ending Africa's Energy Deficit and the Law

  • Categories: Law

The need for energy might be universal, but access to it is not. Omorogbe and Ordor bring together experts in their field to ask how corruption and limited regulation have stalled progress in Africa, examining the impact on disabled people, women, and children, and its relation to environmental and humanitarian concerns.

Reforming the State Without Changing the Model of Power?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

Reforming the State Without Changing the Model of Power?

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-18
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book places administrative reform in post-socialist countries in a broad context of power and domination. This new perspective clarifies the reasons why reforms went awry in Russia and some other post-Soviet countries, whereas they produced positive outcomes in the Baltic States and most East European countries. The contributors analyse the idea that administrative reform cannot produce sustainable changes in the organization of the state apparatus as long as it does not touch the underpinning model of power and domination. Using an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the essays combine elements of philosophy, sociology, political science and economics, including a wealth of primary and secondary data: surveys, in-depth interviews with state representatives and participant observation. The book focuses on Russia and analyses recent developments in this country by the way of comparison with the experience of carrying out administrative reform in Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany and North America. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics.

Cultural Heritage Politics in China
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 303

Cultural Heritage Politics in China

​This volume explores China’s cultural heritage ideology and policies from three interrelated perspectives: the State and World Heritage tourism; cultural heritage tourism at undesignated sites, and the cultural politics of museums and collections. Something of a cultural heritage designation craze is happening in China. This is new within even the last five to ten years. Officials at many levels now see heritage preservation as a means for commoditizing their regions. They are devoting new resources and attention to national and international heritage designations. Thus, addressing cultural heritage politics in a nation dedicated to designation is an important project, particularly in t...