1st Edition
Governing Urban Sustainability Comparing Cities in the USA and Germany
By Lisa Pettibone
Copyright 2015
232 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
200 Pages
by
Routledge
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In her study of the interactions between tools of urban sustainability governance in key cities, Lisa Pettibone argues that a new factor-sustainability-minded groups-may be critical to building momentum for sustainability. The book presents in-depth case studies of six cities in the USA and Germany: New York, Portland, Seattle, Berlin, Hamburg, and Heidelburg. Drawing on 75 interviews, document... Read more
Contents: Part I Defining Urban Sustainability: A new framework for urban sustainability governance; Sustainability in five principles; History of sustainability in the United States and Germany. Part II Urban Sustainability Governance in Six U.S. and German Cities: The instruments of urban sustainability governance; Creating a vision: strategic plans and urban sustainability; Quantifying values with sustainability indicators; Building motivation: sustainability-minded groups. Part III Realizing Sustainability Principles in Urban Sustainability Governance: Reconceptualizing urban sustainability governance; Conclusions. Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Lisa Pettibone is a research associate at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, where she works on citizen science and participatory research, with a particular interest in transdisciplinary sustainability research. She earned her doctorate in political science at the Freie Universität Berlin and has degrees from the George Washington University and New York University. Dr. Pettibone has worked in the U.S. Senate and the German Bundestag, as well as for the non-profit organization Citizens For Europe.
’Cities have now begun to receive the attention they deserve as frontline actors in the struggle for environmental sustainability and this book makes an important contribution to our knowledge of why and how these efforts are unfolding. Those who seek a better understanding of the uses of sustainability indicators in urban environmental governance will do well to read this volume.’ Frank Fischer, Rutgers University, USA ’As the world’s states and global institutions struggle to make meaningful progress toward solutions to the central environmental and sustainability challenges of our age, attention increasingly turns to cities. Pettibone’s in-depth research focuses on 6 urban sustainability leaders in the United States and Germany, yielding insights about governance, sustainability indicators, strategic planning and civil society involvement. Urban sustainability governance is rich, interesting and dynamic, but it also faces a host of challenges with which urban activists and researchers must grapple.’ Stacy VanDeveer, University of New Hampshire, USA
