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Eco2 cities : ecological cities as economic cities

Moffatt, Sebastian, Maruyama, Hinako, Suzuki, Hiroaki, Dastur, Arish, Yabuki, Nanae

2010

Overview

This book provides an overview of the World Bank's Eco2 cities: ecological cities as economic cities initiative. The objective of the Eco2 cities initiative is to help cities in developing countries achieve a greater degree of ecological and economic sustainability. The book is divided into three parts. Part one describes the Eco2 cities initiative framework. It describes the approach, beginning with the background and rationale. Key challenges are described, and lessons are drawn from cities that have managed to turn these challenges into opportunities. A set of four key principles is introduced. These principles are the foundation upon which the initiative is built. They are: (1) a city-based approach enabling local governments to lead a development process that takes into account their specific circumstances, including their local ecology; (2) an expanded platform for collaborative design and decision making that accomplishes sustained synergy by coordinating and aligning the actions of key stakeholders; (3) a one-system approach that enables cities to realize the benefits of integration by planning, designing, and managing the whole urban system; and (4) an investment framework that values sustainability and resiliency by incorporating and accounting for life-cycle analysis, the value of all capital assets, and a broader scope for risk assessment in decision making. Part two presents a city-based decision support system that introduces core methods and tools to help cities as they work toward applying some of the core elements and stepping stones. Part two looks into methods for collaborative design and decision making and methods to create an effective long-term framework able to help align policies and the actions of stakeholders. Part three consists of the Field Reference Guide. The guide contains background literature designed to support cities in developing more in-depth insight and fluency with the issues at two levels. It provides a city-by-city and sector-by-sector lens on urban infrastructure. The next section comprises a series of sector notes, each of which explores sector-specific issues in urban development.

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Eurospan [distributor]
• Subject: AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY / AGRIBUSINESS / AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT / AGRICULTURAL GROWTH / AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION / AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS / AGRICULTURAL LABOR / AGRICULTURAL LAND / AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT / AGRICULTURAL POLICY / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / AGRICULTURE / ARABLE LAND / BANANAS / CASH CROPS / CINNAMON / COASTAL PLAINS / COASTS / COCOA / COCONUTS / COFFEE / COMMODITY / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE / CONTRACT FARMING / COPRA / COTTAGE INDUSTRIES / COTTON / CROP / CROP PRODUCTION / CROPLAND / CROPPING / CULTIVABLE LAND / CULTIVATED LAND / Developing countries / DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH / DISEASES / DRAINAGE / DRY SEASON / ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS / ECOLOGICAL FACTORS / ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH / ECOLOGICAL ZONES / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMIC GROWTH / Entwicklungsländer / Environmental aspects / ESTATE CROPS / EXPLOITATION / EXPORT CROPS / FAO / FARM / FARM HOUSEHOLDS / FARM INCOME / FARM LAND / FARMER / FARMERS / FARMING / FARMS / FLOOD PLAINS / FLOODING / FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT / FOOD CROPS / FRUITS / GNP / GREEN REVOLUTION / HARVESTING / IMPORTS / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INDIGENOUS PEOPLE / INTEGRATION / IRRIGATION / IRRIGATION SYSTEMS / LABOR FORCE / LAMB / LAND ACCESS / LAND ACQUISITION / LAND DEVELOPMENT / LAND DISTRIBUTION / LAND MANAGEMENT / LAND MARKETS / LAND OWNERSHIP / LAND PRODUCTIVITY / LAND REFORM / LAND RESOURCES / LAND USE / LANDS / LONG-TERM CONTRACTS / MAIZE / MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY / MARKETING / MULTIPLE CROPPING / Nachhaltige Stadtentwicklung / NATURAL RESOURCES / OIL / OPPORTUNITY COSTS / PALM OIL / PEPPER / PLANTATION / PLANTATIONS / PLANTING / POPULATION DENSITY / POTATOES / PRIVATE PROPERTY / PRODUCE / PRODUCERS / PRODUCT QUALITY / PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS / PRODUCTIVITY OF LAND / PROPERTY RIGHTS / QUALITY STANDARDS / RAINFALL / RAINFED FARMING / RAINFOREST / RESEARCH AGENDA / RESERVOIR / RESOURCE ALLOCATION / RICE / RICE AREAS / RICE CULTIVATION / RICE PRODUCTION / RICE VARIETIES / RIVER DELTAS / ROOTS / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / SEEDLINGS / SHIFTING CULTIVATION / STRATIFICATION / STREAMS / SUGAR / SUGAR CANE / SUGARCANE / Sustainable development / Sustainable development -- Developing countries / TEA / TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS / TERRACING / TEXTILES / TREE CROPS / TREES / TROPICAL CROPS / TROPICAL PRODUCTS / TROPICAL RAIN FORESTS / UPLAND FORESTS / UPLAND RICE / Urbanisierung / Urbanization / Urbanization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries / Urbanization -- Environmental aspects -- Developing countries / WAGES / WATER SUPPLY
• ISBN: 9780821380468, 082138046X