Human Settlement Development
Edited By: Saskia Sassen
Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago, USA
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1. Urban Sustainability and the Regional City System in the Asia Pacific
Peter J. Marcotullio, Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo and Visiting Fellow, United Nations
University, Institute of Advanced Studies, Japan
Urban Sustainability, Built Heritage, and Globalization in the Cuban Capital
Joseph Scarpaci
A Rural Migrant Community in Urban Beijing
Fei Guo,Department of Business, Division of Economic and Financial Studies, Macquarie University, Australia
Bangkok: Are Industries Generating a Sustainable City?
Valérie Chambers,Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Settlements as Socio-Technological Systems: Study of Singapore as an Urban Eco-system
Goik-Ling Ooi, Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore
Sustainable Human Development in a Medium-sized City: The Example of Freiburg, Germany
Peter W. Heller, The swiss-german CANOPUS FOUNDATION, Germany
Megalopolitan development and the transformation of rural Japan: sustainability implications of extended metropolitan areas in Asia
Andre Sorensen
Cities, Competitiveness, and Cohesion: Evidence from Central Scotland
Ivan Turok, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK
Nick Bailey, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK
Iain Docherty, Department of Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, UK
Free-Trade and Changing Patterns of Cityward Migration: The Case of Mexico
Christof Parnreiter, The Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Austrian Academy of Sciences and The University
of Vienna, Austria
Supporting Urban Small-Scale Manufacturers: The Case of Emerging Black-Owned Enterprises in Gauteng, South Africa
Christian M. Rogerson, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, South
Africa
The City as a Sociotechnological Site: The Case of Exchanges in Financial Centers
Carlos H. Betancourth, Dutch Ministry of Physical Planning, the Environment and Housing VROM, Colombia
2. Peri-Urbanization: Zones of Rural - Urban Transition
Douglas Webster, Asia Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, United States
Larissa Muller, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, United States
Planning the Sustainable City: A Political Ecology of Urban Growth in Zanzibar
Garth Andrew Myers, Departments of African and African American Studies and Department of Geography, University of Kansas, USA
Urban Poverty Reduction in India - Towards Building Successful Slum-Upgrading Strategies
Alison J. Barrett, Cities Alliance, India
Richard M. Beardmore, The World Bank, USA
Curitiba, Brazil: A Positive Reference for Urban Development
Jonas Rabinovitch
Urbanization and Environmental Degradation in Jordan
David Higgitt
Livelihoods, Urbanization, and the Rural-Urban Interface in African Growth-based Economies: The Case of Botswana
Fred W. Krüger
Kiosk Business in Moshi Municipality, Tanzania: From informal to formal economy
Colman Titus Moka
3. Urban Sustainability: Theoretical Perspectives on Integrating Economic Development and the Environment
David Gibbs, Department of Geography, University of Hull, UK
Air Pollution and Its Control Strategies in Beijing, China
Hao Jiming
Water and Sustainability in Asian Megalopolises: The Case of Beijing
James E. Nickum, International Relations, Tokyo Jogakkan College, Japan
A Case Study of Mitigating Air Pollution Emissions at Traffic Light Junctures
Wan Hashim Wan Ibrahim
The Environmental Impact of Bombing on Industrial Sites throughout Yugoslavia during the 1999 Conflict
Macrin Gabriel Desa, Organizations Department, Michelin, Romania
Urban Social Vulnerability to Disaster in Greater Los Angeles
Ben G. Wisner, Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin College, USA
Urbanization and Desertification in European Mediterranean Coastal Areas: A Case Study in North-Western Sardina
(Alghero, Italy)
Giuseppe Enne
Shanghai: Population Planning and Urban Sustainability
Yongyuan Yin, AIRG/Environment Canada, and Sustainable Development Research Institute, University of British
Columbia, Canada
Guixin
Wang,
Population
Research
Institute,
Fudan
University,
China
Urban
sustainable
indicators
- A case
study from
Hong Kong
Stephen
S.Y. Lau
4. Rural Sustainability
Christopher Bryant, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Montreal, Canada
Denis Granjon, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Montreal, Canada
Traditional Land Use for Sustainable Development: The Case of Yunnan Province, China
Yang Zisheng
Regional Rural Development in Punjab Province: an Environment-Based Approach for Guiding Decisions on Industrial Location
Awais L. Piracha, School of Construction, Property and Planning, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Hideharu Morishita, Department of Information and Policy Studies, Aichi Gakuin University, Japan
Informal Settlements and their Upgrading: Building on the Lessons of the Three Decades of Experience
Emiel A. Wegelin, Urb Act - International Advisory Services for Urban Action, The Netherlands
The
Renewal of
Rural
Sustainability
in the
Czech
Republic
Vladimir
Kremsa
The New
Rurality
in the
Regional
Periphery
of Central
Mexico
Javier
Delgado
Integrated
Watershed
Management:
Basic
Concepts
and Issues
Ghopal B.
Thapa,
Integrated
Watershed
Development
and
Management
Program,
School of
Environment,
Resources
and
Development,
Asian
Institute
of
Technology,
Thailand
Mineral
Extraction,
Economy
and the
Urban
Environment:
the Role
of Foreign
Direct
Investment
in
Economies
in
Transition
and
Developing
Countries
Diana Urge-Vorsatz, Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary
Maia An, Civil Society Development Foundation, Hungary
Sustainable
Future
Urban
Patterns
and
Socio-Economic
Activities
of
Tropical
Wetlands
in
Southeast
Asia
Ahmed
Sanusi
Hassan,
School of
Housing,
Building &
Planning,
University
of
Science,
Malaysia
5. Using Foreign Direct Investment to Improve Urban Environmental Infrastructure and Services: The Case of Hanoi
Vietnam
Nyugen Thi Bin Minh, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Temporary
Migrants
in
Shanghai,
China:
Housing
Choices
and
Patterns
Weiping
Wu,
Department
of Urban
Studies,
Virginia
Commonwealth
University,
USA
Renewable
Energy
Policy,
Planning
and
Practice
in Cities
and
City-Regions
Peter
Droege
Self-Sustainability
for the
Management
of Water
Cycles at
the Local
Level
Erich Roberto Trevisiol, IUAV-DP-LABSLA, Italy
Indicators of urban sustainability in the United States: a framework for measuring progress
John M. Blair, Centre for a Sustainable Built Environment, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of New South
Wales,
Australia
Urban
Infrastructure
Development
and
Sustainability
in Nigeria
Vincent I.
Ogu
Organizational
Puzzle of
Solid
House
Waste
Management
in
Porto-Novo
Ir Houinsou Dedehouanou
6. The Long Way Towards Sustainable Cities and Sustainable Mobility: The Dutch case
Hugo
Priemus
Urban
Freight
Transportation
and the
Quantifiable
consequences
of
Inefficient
Planning
on Urban
Sustainability
Hostilio
Xavier
Transportation
and Urban
Sustainability
Lal C.
Wadhwa,
School of
Engineering,
Civil and
Environmental
Engineering,
James Cook
University,
Australia
Recharging
the
Rural-Urban
Vector: A
Case Study
of the
Impacts of
Rural
Improvements
in
Bangladesh
Karen
Coelho
Land
Transport
Policies
and
Strategies
for a
Sustainable
Transport
System
Maria
Choy,
Land
Transport
Authority,
Singapore
Teo Yee
Lan,
Land
Transport
Authority,
Singapore
Environmental
Sanitation
Indicators
for
Upgraded
Slums: the
case of
Jardim
Floresta
Slum (FAVELA)
in the
City of
São Paulo
Alex Kenya
Abiko,
Escola
Politecnica
of the
University
of São
Paulo,
Brazil
Marco
Antonio
Placido de
Almeida,
School
of Civil
Engineering
and School
of
Architecture
and Urban
Planning
of
the
University
of Mogi
das Cruzes,
Sao Paulo,
Brazil
Municipal
Solid
Waste
Management
in 3rd
World
Cities:
Lessons
Learned
and a
Proposal
for
Improvement
Martin
Medina
Environmental
Life Cycle
Assessment
and
Municipal
Solid
Waste
Management
Eric
Williams,
United
Nations
University/Institute
of
Advanced
Studies,
Japan
7. The Participatory City
Voula Mega
Urban
Environmental
Problems:
Implications
of Rapid
Urbanization
without
Adequate
Urban
Governance
in Lesotho
Tsepiso
Mohapi
Mexico
City:
Individual
and
Collective
Responses
to Urban
Environmental
Deterioration
Haydea
Izazola,
Department
of Methods
and
Systems,
Sciences
and Arts
for
Design,
Universidad
Autónoma
Metropolitana-Xochimilco,
Mexico
Linking
Participation,
Empowerment
and
Sustainability:
The South
African
Experience
Michael
Lyons, BT
Laboratories,
Martlesham
Health, UK
Sustainable
Transportation,
Economic
Viability,
and Social
Equity:
The Case
of Bogota,
Colombia
Aaron
Golub
The
Political
and Social
Agenda in
Policymaking
in the
Urban
Sector:
The Case
of Egypt
(1950s-1990s)
M. Hamza,
Fichtner
GmbH & Co.
KG,
Germany
Decentralization
and
Sustainable
Human
Development:
An
Analysis
of Local
and
Municipal
Councils
in Iran
Pooya
Alaedini,
United
Nations
University/Institute
of
Advanced
Studies,
Tokyo,
Japan
Siamak
Namazi,
Atieh
Bahar
Consulting,
Iran
8. Rural Development: Participation and Diversity for Sustainability
Juha I.
Uitto,
Global
Environment
Facility (GEF)
at the
United
Nations
Development
Programme
(UNDP) in
New York,
USA
Investigating
the
Concepts
of
Legality
and
Legitimacy
in
Sustainable
Urban
Development:
A Case
Study of
Land Use
Planning
in Maputo,
Mozambique
Paul
Jenkins,
Centre
for
Environment
& Human
Settlements
(CEHS),
School of
the Built
Environment,
Heriot-Watt
University,
UK
Patterns
of
Economic
Affluence
and
Environmental
Degradation
in
Houston,
Texas
Judith A.
Cherni,
Imperial
College of
Science,
Technology
and
Medicine,
Centre for
Environmental
Technology,
UK
Urban
Poverty
and the
Need for a
New Urban
Ethics:
the case
of Sao
Paulo
Gian
Matteo
Apuzzo
Coping
with Urban
Social
Vulnerability
to Hazards
in Tokyo:
Current
Status of
Disaster
Mitigation
Plans and
its
Implications
Shigeo
Takahashi,
Department
of
Economics,
Aoyama
Gakuin
University,
Japan
The
Degradation
of Work in
the Global
Economy:
Low Income
Women and
The
Precarious
Labor
Market in
Sao Paulo
Simone
Buechler
Victims,
Villains
and
Fixers:
the Urban
Environment
and
Johannesburg’s
Poor
Urban
Segregation
and
Sustainability
in Sao
Paulo,
Brazil
Sueli
Ramos
Schiffer,
School
of
Architecture
and Urban
Planning,
University
of São
Paulo,
Brazil
The
Five
Cities of
Buenos
Aires: An
Essay on
Poverty
and
Inequality
in Urban
Argentina
Michael
Cohen
Missing
Links:
Neighborhood
and State
Initiatives
Against
Crime in
Capetown,
South
Africa
Sophie
Oldfield,
Environmental
and
Geographical
Science
Department,
University
of Cape
Town,
South
Africa
9. The Cities, the State and the Markets: In Search of Sustainability
Marisa Carmona
The Effects of the Transition in Hungary on the Urban Environment
Walter Hook
The Role of Clientelism in Sustainable Development: Case Study Kocaeli/Turkey
Basak Koyuncu
Greening
London
Anne
Bartlett
The
Memorandum
of
Understanding
on Child
Labor,
Export
Oriented
Garment
Production
in
Bangladesh,
and Urban
Sustainability
Ethel
Brooks
The
National-Local
Policy
Vacuum in
Sustainable
Land Use
Planning:
Al Quatif
Oasis,
Saudi
Arabia
Faez Al-Shihri
Technical
Process,
Political
Realties:
Sustainable
Development
and the
South
Durban
Strategic
Environmental
Assessment
Zarina
Patel,
School of
Geography,
Archaeology
and
Environmental
Studies,
University
of
Witwatersrand,
South
Africa
Interpreting
the
Regulatory
Geography
of
Sustainable
Development:
The Rise
of the
Sustainable
City in
the UK
Mark
Goodwin,
Institute
of
Geography
and Earth
Sciences,
University
of Wales,
Aberystwyth,
UK
Mark
Whitehead,
Institute
of
Geography
and Earth
Sciences,
University
of Wales,
Aberystwyth,
UK
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