A Reappraisal of the Urban Planning Process

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Alexander Clement Mosha
UN-HABITAT, 1995 - 265 страници

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Страница 6 - A sustainable city is a city where achievements in social, economic, and physical development are made to last and where there is a lasting supply of the natural resources on which its development depends.
Страница 86 - Development must, therefore, be conceived of as a multidimensional process involving major changes in social structures, popular attitudes, and national institutions, as well as the acceleration of economic growth, the reduction of inequality, and the eradication of absolute poverty.
Страница 175 - There is general agreement that persistent widespread poverty as well as serious social and gender inequities have significant influences on, and are in turn influenced by, demographic parameters such as population growth, structure and distribution. There is also general agreement that unsustainable consumption and production patterns are contributing to the unsustainable use of natural resources and environmental degradation as well as to the reinforcement of social inequities and of poverty with...
Страница vii - ... (h) Develop and support the implementation of improved land-management practices that deal comprehensively with potentially competing land requirements for agriculture, industry, transport, urban development, green spaces, preserves and other vital needs; (i) Promote understanding among policy makers of the adverse consequences of unplanned settlements in environmentally vulnerable areas and of the appropriate national and local land-use and settlements policies required for this purpose.
Страница 133 - The people who are most vulnerable to environmental hazards are those least able to avoid them and/or least able to cope with the illness or injury they cause. Once one begins to examine what causes people's vulnerability to environmental hazards, the interaction between environmental hazards and social, economic, political and demographic factors becomes much clearer. Health outcomes are not only influenced by environmental conditions but also by the inputs of health services, by the characteristics...
Страница 175 - ... Declaration on Environment and Development and Agenda 21, adopted by the international community at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, call for patterns of development that reflect the new understanding of these and other intersectoral linkages. Recognizing the...
Страница 175 - Cancun, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, and Agenda 21 adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), in particular Chapter 17 of Agenda 21, and other relevant declarations and international instruments.
Страница 87 - Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (WCED, 1987).
Страница vii - Subsequently, all countries should consider developing national land-resource management plans to guide land-resource development and utilization and, to that end, should: (a) Establish, as appropriate, national legislation to guide the implementation of public policies for environmentally sound urban development, land utilization, housing and for the improved management of urban expansion; (b) Create, where appropriate, efficient and accessible land markets that meet community development needs...
Страница 132 - Cities can provide healthy, safe and stimulating environments for their inhabitants without imposing unsustainable demands on natural resources and ecosystems. A successful city, in this sense, is one...

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