Capital Cities and Urban Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780367731014 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 190 str.

Robert W. Orttung

Opis

Capital Cities and Urban Sustainability examines how capital cities use their unique hub resources to develop and disseminate innovative policy solutions to promote sustainability. Cities are taking a leading role in defining a sustainable future at a time when national, state, and regional governments in several countries do not provid

Spis treści

Part I: Theoretical Overview

1. Capital Cities as Innovators in Sustainability Policy and Practice

Robert W. Orttung

2. Capital Cities and Regions: A General Comparative Overview

Hal Wolman

3. Indicators for Measuring the Performance of Smart and Sustainable Capital Cities

Stanislav E. Shmelev and Irina A. Shmeleva

Part II: Case Studies

4. Moving the Capital to Promote Sustainability Innovations: Analyzing Cairo’s Future Plans

Sahar Attia and Costis Toregas

5. Stockholm: Where Sustainability Meets Technology

Anna Helm & Nicole Forsberg with Christina Johannsen

6. Using Public Procurement to Promote Sustainability in Copenhagen

Marta Andrecka and Alexandra Andhov

7. Innovations in Public Participation for Sustainability and Resilience in Hanoi

Linda J. Yarr and Nguyễn Ngọc Lyì

8. Delivering Clean Water in an African Capital

Jennifer Lessick

9. Phnom Penh, An Unsustainable Capital City

Anthony Gad Bigio

10. Conclusion: Missed Opportunities

Robert Orttung

O autorze

Robert W. Orttung is Research Director at Sustainable GW and Research Professor at the Elliott School for International Affairs, the George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.