Liveable Cities: The Benefits of Urban Environmental Planning
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, ICLEI Africa - Local Government for Sustainability, UNEP
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Abstract: This report investigates how cities can use different instruments to integrate the environment into urban planning and management approaches. Including: policy instruments, process instruments, planning instruments and management instruments. The report examines how these instruments are applied to several well established approaches to integrated urban planning. It examines the characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of Integrated Development Plans, City Development Strategies, ecoCity Planning, ecoBUDGET and Strategic Environmental Assessment.
Theme/Sector:
Cities and Climate Change, Sustainable Lifestyles
Year
2007