Editors:
- Offers insight into what a Green Urban Economy could constitute for greener cities and sustainable urban development
- Provides concrete examples and methods for sustainable urban development policy
- Illustrates the advantages of combining economic interests with environmental considerations with practical examples
- Brings together experts from research, the private sector, international organizations and local governments to stimulate new thinking, research and action
Part of the book series: Local Sustainability (LOCAL)
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Table of contents (38 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Agenda Setting for the Urban Future with a Green Urban Economy
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Setting a Green Economy Agenda for Cities
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Joining Forces to Accelerate Action
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
Richard Simpson, Monika Zimmermann
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economy of Green Cities
Book Subtitle: A World Compendium on the Green Urban Economy
Editors: Richard Simpson, Monika Zimmermann
Series Title: Local Sustainability
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1969-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-1968-2Published: 07 November 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-9889-2Published: 14 December 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-1969-9Published: 06 November 2012
Series ISSN: 2211-2782
Series E-ISSN: 2211-2790
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 450
Topics: Sustainable Development, Economic Geography, Human Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, International Political Economy