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Author : Melony Jane Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (156 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development at the Local Government Level in New Zealand written by Melony Jane Clark and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Diana R. Shand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Land Management written by Diana R. Shand and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Agenda 21, the major outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), is a plan of action to take the world into the twenty-first century. It guides the world towards a sustainable society, one in which we think not just for ourselves but also for our fellow human beings and our children and their children. The challenge of Agenda 21 is how we translate the global framework into actions at the local and community levels ..." -- (page 2).
Author : Jeremy Carew-Reid
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134042868
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Strategies for National Sustainable Development written by Jeremy Carew-Reid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IUCN Strategies for Sustainable Development Handbook Series This handbook is one in a series being produced by IUCN and its partners to assist countries and communities implement Agenda 21, the action programme of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. The series will include handbooks on national strategies for sustainable development, local strategies, assessing progress towards sustainability, biodiversity action plans, .involving indigenous peoples, and on integrating population and resource use planning; and regular companion volumes of case studies addressing the key issues of concern to strategy implementation. Many international agreements and action plans now call for countries to undertake national strategies. These strategies seek to involve communities in united approaches to sustainable development. Some are sectoral, such as tropical forest strategies, others are thematic, covering topics such as biodiversity, education or climate change. Still others, such as national conservation strategies and national environment action plans, are evolving to become more comprehensive processes, drawing together economic, social and environmental development actions. This handbook is for people involved in strategies. It draws on experiences in different regions of the world to present options and examples of the role of strategies in sustainable development. Originally published in 1995
Author : Neil J. Ericksen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351910973
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Plan-making for Sustainability written by Neil J. Ericksen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Authors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Māori Terms -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: From Rio to RMA: Great Expectations -- PART 1: APPROACHES TO PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE -- 1 Planning Mandates: From Theory to Practice -- 2 Making Plans: From Theory to Practice -- PART 2: INTERGOVERNMENTAL PLANNING IN NEW ZEALAND -- 3 Central Government: Walking the Talk -- 4 Regional Government: A Non-Partner -- 5 Māori Interests: Elusive Partnership -- PART 3: PLAN QUALITY AND CAPABILITY UNDER THE RMA -- 6 Regional Councils: Lightweight Policy Statements and Limited Capability -- 7 District Councils: Mixed Results in Planning and Capability -- 8 Influencing Factors: Linking Mandates, Councils, Capability and Quality -- PART 4: LOCAL CASE STUDIES -- 9 Far North District: Resisting Innovation -- 10 Queenstown Lakes District: Development Meets Environment -- 11 Tauranga District: Policy Coherence on the Coast -- 12 Tasman District: Political Populism -- Conclusion: A Decade On: Unfulfilled Expectations -- APPENDICES -- 1 Key Provisions of the RMA Affecting Local Government Functions -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Plan Coding Protocol -- References Cited -- Index
Author : Stephanie Joan Mead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (878 download)
Download or read book A Critical Analysis of the Legal Functions and Practices of Central and Local Government in New Zealand in Respect of Environmental Health written by Stephanie Joan Mead and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental health combines public health and environmental planning, in a multidisciplinary approach that acknowledges the intrinsic link between human health and the environment. Recognising its multidisciplinary nature and mobilising a "whole-of-government" approach is important in monitoring, promoting and improving environmental health. While this area is rich in literature from the medical and social sciences perspective, there is little focus on the legal perspective. Developing the legal perspective of environmental health is imperative to create a workable, integrated environmental health framework which is capable of addressing the many contemporary environmental health challenges faced today. Accordingly this thesis focuses on a critical analysis of the legal functions and practices of central and local government in New Zealand in respect to environmental health. The critical analysis of this thesis is divided into two key propositions:- (a) Is the law and governance relating to environmental health in New Zealand appropriate for the 21st century? (b) What improvements or reforms to the law and governance in respect of environmental health are desirable for the future? New Zealand's approach to environmental health has been complicated by historical factors. This ad hoc development has resulted in a fragmented system with a large number of interested parties. The separation of health and environmental law has resulted in a plethora of legislation being relevant to environmental health management in New Zealand. These factors contribute to environmental health being difficult to collate into a complete and discernible framework. Accordingly this thesis begins by providing foundation chapters that establish the nature and content of New Zealand's environmental health framework prior to analysis. The discussion of reforms includes an examination of environmental health provisions relevant to central government and local government, with a view to determining the best allocation of functions. It appears that reforms are pulled into two directions - either towards consolidation at central government level, or collaboration at local government level. The thesis concludes that the law and governance relating to environmental health in New Zealand is not appropriate for the 21st century, and requires substantial reform. Secondly, as assessed in the chapters of the thesis, there are major pointers towards a need for a principled collaborative approach which will bring the legislation together into an integrated environmental health framework. Maori and local communities must also be adequately provided for. The thesis endeavours to set down the law as at the 1st of December 2012. Accordingly the statutes and sections discussed were in force at this date. Some of the Bills and proposed reforms were passed after this date and, where relevant, this has been acknowledged within the thesis.
Author : Murugesh Arunachalam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Accountability for Sustainable Development in the Context of Local Governance in New Zealand written by Murugesh Arunachalam and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper explores the meaning of accountability for sustainable development in the context of local governance in New Zealand. The analysis is done through interpretation of the Local Government Act and the Resource Management Act that currently regulate local governance in New Zealand. A primary emphasis of the statues is community participation in planning and policy making for sustainable development. The findings indicate that a communitarian approach to accountability acquires meaning in the context of the local government statues. Communitarian and environmental sustainability ideologies encompass the statues to provide a holistic meaning for accountability. Key features of the communitarian approach to accountability include emphasis on community priorities and responsibilities, communal processes and reporting and information sharing to local communities. The paper contributes to the theoretical development of a communitarian approach to accountability for sustainable development.
Author : Brian Chalkley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317991109
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Education for Sustainable Development written by Brian Chalkley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2005, The United Nations launched its Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, which recognises that education, including Higher Education is the key to the change in social attitudes that will be needed to protect the welfare of future generations. This involves helping learners to live as though the future matters and to achieve ecoliteracy. This includes the understanding that personal lifestyle decisions may have consequences, ranging from climate change, through loss of biodiversity, to pollution and resource depletion that may permit environmental degradation on a planetary scale. It also involves helping them to develop the skills needed to cope with such challenges. This international collection of research papers and position statements from special issues of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Applied Environmental Education and Communication, written by many of the leading practitioners in the field, aims to provide resources and practical guidance for all seeking to promote and engage in education for a sustainable future. Rabindranath Tagore encouraged each learner to make their actions demonstrate a harmonious union between education and environment. David Orr argued that the world needs people who live well in their places to make the world both habitable and humane and that the main challenge for education is to help learners make their minds fit for life on Earth. This book tries to chart a practical route towards these objectives. This book was previously published as special issues of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and Applied Environmental Education and Communication
Author : Caroline L. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136854401
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)
Download or read book Implementing Sustainability written by Caroline L. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA) was hailed as a radical new approach to planning that would both achieve better environmental outcomes and benefit developers by working rapidly and more efficiently. This book examines the lessons that can be learned by planning practitioners across the world. It focuses on the realities of implementing the RMA for the planning profession, the community and the political system within which planning must always operate. Offering a practitioner’s insight, the book looks at those strategies and techniques that have proved successful, and spells out what can be applied to the planning systems of other countries.
Author : Stephen Bass
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136555730
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development Strategies written by Stephen Bass and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a cornerstone resource for a wide range of organizations and individuals concerned with sustainable development at national or local levels, as well as for international organizations concerned with supporting such development. Whilst the focus is on integrated strategies for sustainable development, the approaches and methods covered are equally relevant to poverty reduction, environmental and sectoral strategies, programme development and review. Agenda 21 called for all countries to develop sustainable development strategies. For such strategies to be effective there needs to be a real commitment. In every country, government at all levels, the private sector, and civil society, must work together in a true partnership, in transparent ways which enable genuine stakeholder participation. The necessary mechanisms and processes need to be coordinated to enable continuous learning and improvement. This resource book provides flexible, non-prescriptive guidance on how to develop, assess and implement national sustainable development strategies. It sets out principles and ideas on process and methods, and suggests how these can be used. It is based on an analysis of past and current practice, drawing directly from experience in both developed and developing countries. Following a discussion of the nature and challenges of sustainable development and the need for strategic responses to them, the heart of the book covers the main tasks in strategy processes. Individual chapters offer a rich range of guidance, ideas and case studies.
Author : Jean Drage
Publisher : Victoria University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780864734372
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Empowering Communities? written by Jean Drage and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The changes in representation, participation, and ongoing reforms in the local government of New Zealand over the past two decades are discussed in this book. Contributors include both observers and participants in local government -- from academics and people involved in policy development to advocates for the sector and the workers themselves.
Author : Jean Drage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927212257
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Local Government in New Zealand written by Jean Drage and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local government in New Zealand faces major challenges. Among the most pressing are continual legislative change, threats to its autonomy, the gradual erosion of community voices in council planning and decision-making, and the need for funding solutions to ensure property rates remain affordable. As well, there is an urgent need for a more coordinated approach across central government on major policy issues such as climate change and housing. This book exposes these challenges and proposes and debates solutions for the future of our local government. Strong local government is vital for ensuring economic growth across and within regions and local communities, for enhancing community wellbeing, for funding and providing the infrastructure needed for, in some cases, rapidly growing and diverse communities, for ensuring our environment is valued and protected, and for planning for development in a time of constraint on resources. This book is a 'one-stop information shop' on local government that can be used by those who regularly interact with or study this area of government, by those working within local authorities, and by those who actively work to ensure their communities grow in a sustainable way.
Author : Susan Baker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134460074
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Sustainable Development written by Susan Baker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promotion of sustainable development opens up the debates surrounding our relationship with the natural world, what constitutes social progress, and the character of development in the present and into the future. Answering the need for an introductory, comprehensive, yet critical book that explores the challenges involved in the implementation of sustainable development, this revealing text investigates this subject across different socio-political and economic contexts. It combines an examination of the institutional engagement with sustainable development at a global level, with an empirically informed discussion on challenges facing high consumption societies, economies in transition and third world countries in their efforts to achieve sustainable development. Recognizing that promoting sustainable development is a quintessentially global task, the book focuses on the authoritative Brundtland formulation of sustainable development and the role of the United Nations Summits in promoting this vision. The empirical focus of the book is complemented by strong conceptual discussions as sustainable development is explored as part of new efforts, albeit tentative, to integrate environmental, economic and (more recently) social considerations into a new development paradigm. Providing an accessible, up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of the issues surrounding the promotion of sustainable development, this unique, internationally-focused book combines a strong conceptual analysis, with wide ranging empirical focus and a wealth of case material. Including summary points and suggestions for further reading, as well as web resources and an extensive bibliography, it is ideal for students, scholars and researchers in the fields of environmental sciences, politics, sociology and development studies.
Author : Volker Mauerhofer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319260219
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Legal Aspects of Sustainable Development written by Volker Mauerhofer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses legal aspects of sustainable development and offers the latest thinking on a wide range of current themes. By taking a cross-cutting approach, it adds considerably to the exploration of this emerging scientific field. Twenty-nine original contributions present innovative thoughts and replicable ideas from this exciting, new area, which will be of value to practitioners and researchers alike.These contributions are allocated into a horizontal and sectorial part. The section covering horizontal policies has five sub-parts: 1) general aspects; 2) human and intellectual property rights; 3) communication and social enterprise governance; 4) public participation and 5) assessment tools. The second part on sectorial policies also has five sub-parts: 1) forest and water management; 2) renewable energy; 3) cities, waste and material management; 4) biodiversity, nature conservation, oceans and spatial planning and 5) agriculture and rural policy. It offers a multifaceted discussion of sustainable development and law by authors from five continents and from both the public and the private sectors. This selection guarantees a broad view that presents the more theoretical arguments from the academic as well as the practical perspective. Furthermore, the authorship includes senior, highly experienced academics and practitioners as well as those at the start of their career. This ensures thoughtful expansions of established theories as well as the emergence of innovative ideas. Moreover, the ten sub-parts bring together likeminded thoughts, resulting in an exchange of different viewpoints on a similar theme. This allows the readers to concentrate on individual chapters, while at the same time discovering a variety of thoughts and ideas.
Author : Barry Sadler
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136539158
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Handbook of Strategic Environmental Assessment written by Barry Sadler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative handbook surveys the full breadth and depth of SEA, bringing together a range of international perspectives and insights on the theoretical, methodological and institutional dimensions and practical issues of the field. It then subjects this conventional wisdom to a critical reappraisal, looks at the vast lessons of experience and offers new ideas and interpretations as to where the field is going. The volume is organized into six major sections, beginning with an introduction and overview of the development of the field and a framework for evaluating SEA good practice. Part I comprises a review of SEA frameworks in leading countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA), the European Union and developing regions (Africa, Asia, Latin America and Newly Independent States). Part II reviews SEA practice in several major sectors (energy, minerals, transport, water, development assistance and coastal zone management). Part III addresses the linkages between SEA and other comparable tools such as spatial planning and environmental management. Part IV probes key cross-cutting issues in SEA, including how to address cumulative and trans-boundary effects. Part V identifies ways and means of SEA process and capacity development, focusing on how to improve and upgrade the theory and practice of the field. Part VI examines the shift from conventional SEA towards more integrative approaches, drawing on experience and examples from a number of countries. Published with IAIA
Author : Rupesh Shah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351281313
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Something to Believe In written by Rupesh Shah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world where trust in politicians, corporations and the processes that determine our lives continues to dwindle, this innovative book brings together research, case studies and stories that begin to answer a central question for society: How we can create organisations, institutions, groups and societies that can nurture trusting relationships with one another and among individuals?Something to Believe In provides a fresh take on the corporate responsibility debate, based as it is on the work of key global thinkers on corporate social responsibility, along with a raft of work developed from collaborations between the New Academy of Business and the United Nations Volunteers, UK Department for International Development and TERI-Europe in countries such as Brazil, Nicaragua, Ghana, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Nigeria, the Philippines and South Africa. The focus is on business, and particularly how deeper, more systemic changes to current ways of understanding and undertaking business can and have been enacted in both developed countries and in nations where the Western concept of CSR means nothing. The market-based model of economic thinking-the increasingly distrusted globalisation project-which threatens to sweep all before it is challenged by many of the contributions to this book.The book tells stories such as the mobilization of civil society in Ghana to bring business to account; the reorientation of a business school to focus on values; the life-cycle of ethical chocolate; the accountability of the diamond business in a war zone; the need to reinvent codes of conduct for women workers in the plantations and factories of Nicaragua; a Philippine initiative to economically empower former Moslem liberation fighters; and the development of local governance practices in a South African eco-village.The book is split into four sections. "Through Some Looking Glasses" contains short, thought-provoking pieces about the issues of trust, belief and change from writers including Thabo Mbeki, Malcolm McIntosh and a reprinted piece from E.M. Forster. Section Two asks how it will be possible to believe in our corporations and provides new approaches from around the world on how space is being opened up to found businesses that are able to create trust. Section Three examines the role of auditing in fostering trust. Corporations continue to attempt to engender trust through their activities in philanthropy, reporting and voluntary programmes. But, post-Enron et al., even the most highly praised corporate mission statements are tarnished. Can social and environmental audits of corporate reports, codes and practices assuage our doubts about boardroom democracy? Section Four examines alternative forms of accountability, transparency and governance from around the world and offers some different ways of thinking about the practice of creating trust in society.Something to Believe In provides a host of fascinating suggestions about redefining and renewing the underlying deal between society and its organizations. It will become a key text for students, thinkers and practitioners in the field of corporate responsibility.
Author : Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522537147
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Financial Sustainability and Intergenerational Equity in Local Governments written by Rodríguez Bolívar, Manuel Pedro and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to the mortgage crisis of 2008, laws aimed at achieving budgetary and financial stability were enacted. The concept of ?nancial sustainability has been linked to the need of rendering public services without compromising the ability to do so in the future. Financial Sustainability and Intergenerational Equity in Local Governments is a critical scholarly resource that analyzes the financial sustainability of local governments with the aim of ensuring equality and intergenerational equity. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as intergenerational equity, public policies, and sustainability management, this book is geared towards government officials, managers, academicians, practitioners, students, and researchers seeking current research on identifying public policies to ensure financial balance.
Author : Matthew Carmona
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113416663X
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book Public Space written by Matthew Carmona and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasized the poor quality of design that characterizes many new public spaces; spaces that are dominated by parking, roads infrastructure, introspective buildings, a lack of enclosure and a poor sense of place, and which in different ways for different groups are too often exclusionary. Yet many well designed public spaces have also experienced decline and neglect, as the services and activities upon which the continuing quality of those spaces have been subject to the same constraints and pressures for change as public services in general. These issues touch upon the daily management of public space, that is, the coordination of the many different activities that constantly define and redefine the characteristics and quality of public space. This book draws on three empirical projects to examine the questions of public space management on an international stage. They are set within a context of theoretical debates about public space, its history, contemporary patterns of use and changing nature in western society, and about the new management approaches that are increasingly being adopted.
