This Directory means that a whole range of built environment professionals need never be caught out by the perversities of policy β in its formulation or on its journey into the real life of you and me. To have in one place the means of not only burrowing down into any one policy, but also of explor
Sustainable Development Policy Directory
β Scribed by W. Alan Strong, Lesley A. Hemphill(auth.)
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
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- 669
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- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This Directory means that a whole range of built environment professionals need never be caught out by the perversities of policy β in its formulation or on its journey into the real life of you and me. To have in one place the means of not only burrowing down into any one policy, but also of exploring the interconnections is a precious resource for any professional - βsustainability literateβ or not.
Today, nobody who delivers our built environment can be excused from taking responsibility for the future. Armed with this Directory their contribution can only be made more effective.
Sara Parkin OBE
Forum for the Future
This desk-top reference on sustainable development provides essential information for all who need to be up-to-date and familiar with the implications of the legal, fiscal and planning frameworks around the global and local sustainability agenda. It is relevant to a range of organisations and individuals - from national and local authorities, professional bodies, built environment professions, academia, environmental consultancies, non-governmental organisations and others.
Carefully designed to facilitate access for a diverse range of stakeholders, it covers international, European, British and local policies in key built environment themes, and develops their inter-relationship to sustainable development.
The Directory addresses each theme in a series of tables which summarise the policy purpose and also provide web-links to view the specific policy documents. The themes covered are:
Β· Biodiversity
Β· Climate Change
Β· Construction
Β· Energy
Β· Environment
Β· Planning
Β· Pollution
Β· Social Issues
Β· Sustainable Development Policy and Practice
Β· Transport
Β· Urban Development
Β· Waste Management
Β· Water
Other books of interest:
The Green Guide to Specification
Anderson
ISBN: 1405119616
Smart & Sustainable Built Environments
Yang
Hardback
ISBN: 1405124229
Sustainable Property Development
Keeping
Paperback
ISBN: 0632058048
Previously Developed Land
Syms
Paperback
1405106972
Evaluating Sustainable Development
Brandon
0632064862
Cover design by Garth Stewart
www.thatconstructionsite.comContent:
Chapter 1 Contextual Background (pages 1β10):
Chapter 2 Biodiversity (pages 12β47):
Chapter 3 Climate Change (pages 56β80):
Chapter 4 Construction (pages 82β112):
Chapter 5 Energy (pages 115β173):
Chapter 6 Environment (pages 177β222):
Chapter 7 Planning (pages 227β262):
Chapter 8 Pollution (pages 275β326):
Chapter 9 Social Issues (pages 332β380):
Chapter 10 Sustainable Development Policy and Practice (pages 388β429):
Chapter 11 Transport (pages 430β473):
Chapter 12 Urban Development (pages 482β516):
Chapter 13 Waste Management (pages 528β580):
Chapter 14 Water (pages 591β642):
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