Indicators of Sustainable Development in Industrializing Countries {VOLUME III} Key Indicators for Tropical Cities

"The increasing pressures of urbanization often associated with unsustainable development are giving rise to major world-wide impacts. These impacts, and the development of baskets of indicators and indices as tools to quantify and help urban managers deal with the problems, are discussed widely in this volume. Specific indicators and indices that address urban problems have been proposed for use both by the local public and urban managers. This volume represents a logical complement to the two earlier volumes in this series on Indicators of Sustainable Development. It establishes the background to the urban agenda and describes current actions world-wide including Malaysian initiatives. Strategies for effective national consultations between all local stakeholders and Local authorities are outlined. Drawing on lessons learnt in other countries, this volume provides a comprehensive analysis of how betteer urban management can be achieved using indicators and indices for reporting on the outcomes of inclusive policy initiatives." This book has 107 pages. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. Overall, a FINE copy of this SCARCE titles.…