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Empowering Municipal Sustainability : A Guide for Towns, Cities, and Citizens / Alexandra Reed Lajoux.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The Alexandra Lajoux Corporate Governance SeriesPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (XIX, 224 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110689815
  • 9783110689907
  • 9783110689860
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4083 23
LOC classification:
  • HD3871 .L35 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author and Series Editor -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: Setting Sustainability Goals -- Chapter 1 Identifying Key Issues for Your Municipality -- Chapter 2 Mapping Your Municipality: Identifying Key Environmental Assets -- Chapter 3 Planning (and Protesting) for Sustainability -- PART II: Using Environmental, Economic, and Engineering Tools to Advance Sustainability -- Chapter 4 Tools for the Natural and Built Environment: Ordinances for Zoning and Preservation -- Chapter 5 Tools for a Sustainable Economy: Budgeting, Accounting, and Taxes -- Chapter 6 Tools for Sustainable Engineering -- PART III: Beyond Taxes: Green Financing -- Chapter 7 Municipal Green Bonds -- Chapter 8 Land Trusts -- Chapter 9 Federal, State, and Nonprofit Grants -- PART IV: Dealing with Conflict Over Sustainability -- Chapter 10 The Rights of Nature -- Chapter 11 Rights of Nature Litigation Involving Municipalities -- Chapter 12 Defining Municipal Identity – Beyond Boundaries -- Conclusion The Future Is in Our Hands -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 UN Sustainable Development Goals -- Appendix 2 Subsidiarity -- Appendix 3 LEED-ND Scoring Tool -- Appendix 4 Sustainable City Planning Resources -- Appendix 5 Statute of the City: A National Law for Urban Planning in Brazil -- Appendix 6 Tree City USA Standards -- Appendix 7 Notable Accomplishments of Tribal Governments in the Advancement of Sustainability -- Appendix 8 European Governance Structures -- Index
Summary: Amidst growing awareness over the past half century that human activity threatens our natural environment, many of the world’s largest cities have played a role in the sustainability movement, as seen by such initiatives as Day of Cities sponsored by the United Nations. And now local governments in towns and smaller cities are beginning to play a more prominent role in the green movement. This book, inspired by the author’s own experience as a citizen activist and local candidate, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world. Alexandra Reed Lajoux addresses the popular "green city" topic but focuses on smaller municipalities, which are more numerous than big cities, and in greater need of guidance. With a visionary foreword by Ben G. Price, National Organizer, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of How Wealth Rules the World, the book discusses the most critical environmental, economic, and engineering realities of municipal life and leadership in our times, ranging from rights of nature, to rollback tax rates, to green infrastructure, to gentrification. It will appeal to a broad range of town or city government employees and elected officials, as well as local activists, contemplating the issues of managing and funding sustainability that all localities worldwide face at some level.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author and Series Editor -- Foreword -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I: Setting Sustainability Goals -- Chapter 1 Identifying Key Issues for Your Municipality -- Chapter 2 Mapping Your Municipality: Identifying Key Environmental Assets -- Chapter 3 Planning (and Protesting) for Sustainability -- PART II: Using Environmental, Economic, and Engineering Tools to Advance Sustainability -- Chapter 4 Tools for the Natural and Built Environment: Ordinances for Zoning and Preservation -- Chapter 5 Tools for a Sustainable Economy: Budgeting, Accounting, and Taxes -- Chapter 6 Tools for Sustainable Engineering -- PART III: Beyond Taxes: Green Financing -- Chapter 7 Municipal Green Bonds -- Chapter 8 Land Trusts -- Chapter 9 Federal, State, and Nonprofit Grants -- PART IV: Dealing with Conflict Over Sustainability -- Chapter 10 The Rights of Nature -- Chapter 11 Rights of Nature Litigation Involving Municipalities -- Chapter 12 Defining Municipal Identity – Beyond Boundaries -- Conclusion The Future Is in Our Hands -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 UN Sustainable Development Goals -- Appendix 2 Subsidiarity -- Appendix 3 LEED-ND Scoring Tool -- Appendix 4 Sustainable City Planning Resources -- Appendix 5 Statute of the City: A National Law for Urban Planning in Brazil -- Appendix 6 Tree City USA Standards -- Appendix 7 Notable Accomplishments of Tribal Governments in the Advancement of Sustainability -- Appendix 8 European Governance Structures -- Index

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Amidst growing awareness over the past half century that human activity threatens our natural environment, many of the world’s largest cities have played a role in the sustainability movement, as seen by such initiatives as Day of Cities sponsored by the United Nations. And now local governments in towns and smaller cities are beginning to play a more prominent role in the green movement. This book, inspired by the author’s own experience as a citizen activist and local candidate, is a guide for local governments and citizens wishing to launch sustainability campaigns and programs that make a lasting difference in our world. Alexandra Reed Lajoux addresses the popular "green city" topic but focuses on smaller municipalities, which are more numerous than big cities, and in greater need of guidance. With a visionary foreword by Ben G. Price, National Organizer, Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund and author of How Wealth Rules the World, the book discusses the most critical environmental, economic, and engineering realities of municipal life and leadership in our times, ranging from rights of nature, to rollback tax rates, to green infrastructure, to gentrification. It will appeal to a broad range of town or city government employees and elected officials, as well as local activists, contemplating the issues of managing and funding sustainability that all localities worldwide face at some level.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)