1st Edition
Environmental Strategies for Sustainable Developments in Urban Areas Lessons from Africa and Latin America
1. Learning from the South. Edesio Fernandes. 2. Global, Regional and Local Perspectives Towards Sustainable Urban and Rural Development. Jonas Rabinovitch. 3. The Role of NGOs and CBOs in a Sustainable Development Strategy for Metropolitan Cape Town, South Africa. Vuyiswa Tindleni. 4. Environmental Problems in Cities in the South: Sharing my Confusions. David Satterthwaite. 5. Urban Environmental Management Strategies and Action Plans in São Paulo and Kumasi. Carl R. Bartone. 6. A New Air Pollution Program for Mexico City. Leonardo Martínez-Flores. 7. Towards Sustainable Mega-Cities in Latin America and Africa. Janice Perlman. 8. The Experience of Regional Environmental Management in Bio Bio, Chile. Bolivar Ruiz-Adaros. 9. Sustainable Cities and Local Governance: Lessons from a Global UN Program. Jochen Eigen. 10. Innovative Strategies for Sustainable Development in the Middle East and North Africa. Christian Arandel. 11. Sustainable Cities: a Contradiction in Terms? Herbert Girardet.
Biography
Edesio Fernandes is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies of the University of London. His research interests include urban and environmental planning, policy and legislation in developing countries.
