Sustainable cities : local solutions in the Global South /
As urbanization, environmental degradation, and poverty become increasingly urgent problems, understanding the links between sustainability and poverty reduction is imperative. A sustainable urban future for all requires raising the quality of life of the most vulnerable. Existing at the margins of...
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Warwickshire, UK : Ottawa :
Practical Action Pub. ; International Development Research Centre,
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of illustrations; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Preface; About the editor; Introduction: The challenge of urban sustainability; 1 Food-producing trees in urban public spaces: An innovative strategy to fight poverty in Villa El Salvador, Peru; 2 Urban agriculture in Dakar, Senegal: Health aspects related to polluted irrigation water; 3 Participatory transformation of the Women's Centre of Malika, Senegal: Strategies for the development of a productive ecosystem in the peri-urban context.
- 4 Healthy, sustainable, and culturally appropriate living and working environments: Domestic pig production in Malika, Senegal5 Housing for the urban poor through informal providers, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 6 Socio-spatial tensions and interactions: An ethnography of the condominium housing of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 7 Partnership modalities for the management of drinking water in poor urban neighbourhoods: The example of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo; 8 Rethink, reuse: Improving collective action capacity regarding solid waste management and income generation in Koh Kred, Thailand.
- 9 Using participatory urban design to integrate organic solid waste management into urban agriculture: A case study from Cayagan de Oro City in the PhilippinesConclusion: The challenges of sustainable cities for research and practice; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.
