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Sustainable Development Law and Policy: Exploring How Today´s Development Affects Future Generations Around the Globe

Corporate author
Washington College of Law
Date
2010
Source
IUCN (ID: MON-088184)
Publisher | Place of publication
American University, Washington College of Law | Washington, USA
Pages
76 p.
Document type
Monography/book
Language
English
Field of application
International
Country/Territory
United States of America
Subject
Environment gen., Land & soil
Keyword
Urban land Land-use planning Sustainable development
Abstract

In This Issue: Sustainable Development in the Urban Environment 1 | Editors’ Note by Melissa Blue Sky and Paulo A. Lopes 2 | Introduction: Cities and Sustainability—Ecology, Economy, and Community by Lynn Scarlett 5 | Enhancing Urban Albedo to Fight Climate Change and Save Energy by Elise Stull, Xiaopu Sun, and Durwood Zaelke 7 | Sustainable Cities of the Future: The Behavior Change Driver by Peter Newman 12 | Rediscovering the Transportation Frontier: Improving Sustainability in the United States through Passenger Rail by Benjamin J. Wickizer and Andrew Snow 19 | How the CERCLA Notification Requirements Facilitate the Creation of Brownfields and What EPA Can Do to Address this Problem by Larry Schnapf 28 | Resource Discovery and Materials Flow in the City: Zero Waste and Sustainable Consumption as Paradigms in Urban Development by Dr. Steffen Lehmann 41 | Standing on Their Own: The Parallel Rights of Young People to Participate in Planning Processes and Defend Those Rights by Dawn Jourdan 47 | Out of the Garden of Eden: Moving Beyond the Rights-Based Agenda in the Urban Sector by Benjamin Bradlow 51 | Population Health through Inclusive Urban Planning: Healthier Communities and Sustainable Urban Development in Indian Cities by Shriya Malhotra

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