Constructing Local Environmental Agendas - People, Places and Participation (Hardcover, New)

Local environments are becoming increasingly unsustainable - environmentally, socially and economically. Increasing wealth in the West creates more pollution, congestion and degradation of species and their habits, often at the environmental and social expense of the South. The local element of Agenda 21, agreed by the nation states present at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, is the most ambitious international attempt to both address environmental problems at the local level and encourage full local democratic participation in local policy making. This text draws on contributions from the UK, Europe, Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, to argue that there is scope for local areas to improve their environments, provided local people are involved. International case studies throughout the book demonstrate the importance of respect for indigenous knowledge, the need for all groups - especially those usually excluded through disadvantage - to be involved in the decision-making process, and the need to remove layers of bureaucracy from policy making. This text provides an insight into the experiences of the parallel projects across the world, particularly in the UK and rest of Europe, Aust

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 1998
First published:	1999
Editors:	Susan Buckingham Hatfield • Susan Percy
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-17063-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Democracy Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability
LSN:	0-415-17063-X
Barcode:	9780415170635

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