Building Sustainable Urban Settlements by Sam Romaya

Building Sustainable Urban Settlements by Sam Romaya

This fascinating book explores environmental, institutional, social and cultural aspects of sustainability in a variety of towns and cities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America. The contributors focus particularly on meeting the needs of the urban poor. The main themes are:urban environmental management with particular reference to economic activities and housing achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability managing urban development processes to reduce their environmental impacts, to improve the produced built environments and sustain improved practices. Drawing on case studies of individual cities (Lahore, Shanghai, Medellin, Florianópolis, Hofuf, Cairo) and countries (South Africa, Mozzambique, Iran) as well as comparative research and analytical procedures, the international group of contributors evaluate government policies and practices and make suggestions for improvements

Carole Rakodi is an Emeritus Professor in the International Development Department, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK. She is a social scientist who has worked as a professional and researcher in several developing countries, mainly in Africa, and from 2005-2011 directed an international research programme on religion and development.

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ISBN 13	9781853395413
ISBN 10	1853395412
Title	Building Sustainable Urban Settlements
Author	Sam Romaya
Series	Urban Management Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Practical Action Publishing
Year published	2002-12-15
Number of pages	320
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