Cities, Networks, and Global Environmental Governance - Spaces of Innovation, Places of Leadership (Hardcover, New)

As a result of global dynamics-the increasing interconnection of people and places-innovations in global environmental governance haved altered the role of cities in shaping the future of the planet. This book is a timely study of the importance of these social transformations in our increasingly global and increasingly urban world. Through analysis of transnational municipal networks, such as Metropolis and the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, Sofie Bouteligier's innovative study examines theories of the network society and global cities from a global ecology perspective. Through direct observation and interviews and using two types of city networks that have been treated separately in the literature, she discovers the structure and logic pertaining to office networks of environmental non-governmental organizations and environmental consultancy firms. In doing so she incisively demonstrates the ways in which cities fulfill the role of strategic sites of global environmental governance, concentrating knowledge, infrastructure, and institutions vital to the function of transnational actors.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cities and Global Governance
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2013
Authors:	Sofie Bouteligier
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-53751-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Applied ecology > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General
LSN:	0-415-53751-7
Barcode:	9780415537513

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