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The Economy of Green Cities

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Green Urban Economy: Agenda Setting for the Urban Future
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    Chapter 2 Introduction: A Green Economy for Green Cities
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    Chapter 3 New Urban Spaces: The Emergence of Green Economies
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    Chapter 4 Environmental Discourse and Economic Growth in the Greening of Postindustrial Cities
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    Chapter 5 Sustainable Urban Transformation and the Green Urban Economy
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    Chapter 6 Green Cities: Benefits of Urban Sustainability
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    Chapter 7 Working in Green Cities: Improving the Urban Environment While Creating Jobs and Enhancing Working Conditions
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    Chapter 8 Sustainable Development for Cities and Citizens: Green Housing, Employment and Transport
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    Chapter 9 Cities and the Green Economy
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    Chapter 10 Green Cities into Practice
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    Chapter 11 Emerging-Market Cities Could Set a New Standard for Sustainable Development
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    Chapter 12 Introduction: Joining Forces to Accelerate Action
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    Chapter 13 Accelerating Green Urban Growth
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    Chapter 14 Linking Green City Politics with Green Business
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    Chapter 15 Policy Instruments for Promoting a Green Urban Economy: The Changing Role of the State
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    Chapter 16 Local Sustainability: Driving Green Urban Economies Through Public Engagement
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    Chapter 17 We Know Enough: Achieving Action Through the Convergence of Sustainable Community Development and the Social Economy
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    Chapter 18 Seven Conditions for Effective Green Governance
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    Chapter 19 Introduction: Strategies and Approaches to Greening Urban Sectors
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    Chapter 20 The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: Approaches to a City-Scale Mini-Stern Review
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    Chapter 21 City Development Strategies and the Transition Towards a Green Urban Economy
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    Chapter 22 Low Carbon Enterprise Zones: Towards a Fossil Fuel Free City Economy
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    Chapter 23 Green Clusters and the Entrepreneurial Local Government: Portland’s Economic Development Strategy
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    Chapter 24 Green Cities Require Green Housing: Advancing the Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Housing and Slum Upgrading in Cities in Developing Countries
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    Chapter 25 EcoMobility and Its Benefits in an Urban Context
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    Chapter 26 Assessing the Cost of Groundwater Degradation in the Urbanizing Desert Area of Wadi El Natrun
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    Chapter 27 Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Domestic Grey Water: An Instrument of the Green Economy to Realize the Millennium Development Goals
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    Chapter 28 Decentralized Composting in Asian Cities: Lessons Learned and Future Potential in Meeting the Green Urban Economy
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    Chapter 29 Biodiversity and Culture, Two Key Ingredients for a Truly Green Urban Economy: Learning from Agriculture and Forestry Policies in Kanazawa City, Japan
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    Chapter 30 An Economic Assessment of the Deforestation of Ghana’s Garden City of West Africa
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    Chapter 31 Financing a Green Urban Economy: The Potential of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
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    Chapter 32 Introduction: Experiences and Examples from City Governments
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    Chapter 33 Synergies Between Environment and Economy Within a City Administration – Experiences Made by the City of Hannover, Germany
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    Chapter 34 Auckland Council: Creating a Transformational Shift Towards a Sustainable Eco-Economy
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    Chapter 35 Sustainable Urban Development Policy in the Region of Flanders
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    Chapter 36 Greening the Local Economy Through Municipal Sustainable Procurement Policies: Implementation Challenges and Successes in Western Canada
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    Chapter 37 City of Raleigh Office of Sustainability: Green Building Training Program
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    Chapter 38 Changing to a Sustainable Socio-Economic System: A Challenge for Kyoto as a Historic City
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Title
The Economy of Green Cities
Published by
The Economy of Green Cities, November 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-1969-9
ISBNs
978-9-40-071969-9, 978-9-40-071968-2
Editors

Simpson, Richard, Zimmermann, Monika

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Country Count As %
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 73 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 4%
Student > Postgraduate 3 4%
Researcher 3 4%
Other 8 11%
Unknown 43 58%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 7 9%
Engineering 6 8%
Environmental Science 6 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 3%
Arts and Humanities 2 3%
Other 5 7%
Unknown 46 62%