Building Sustainable Urban Settlements
Approaches and Case Studies in the Developing World
Edited by Sam Romaya ,  Carole Rakodi
Paperback: 978 1 85339 541 3
Price: $31.95  

Publisher: Practical Action
March 2003 , 240 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4"
Series: Urban Management Series
In this collection of studies, environmental, institutional, social and cultural aspects of sustainability are considered in a variety of towns and cities in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Central and South America. Many of the contributors focus particularly on meeting the needs of the urban poor. The main themes are:
* urban environmental management with particular reference to economic activities and housing
* achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability
* managing urban development processes to reduce their environmental impacts, to improve the produced built environments and sustain improved practices.
Drawing on case studies of individual cities and countries as well as comparative research and analytical procedures, the international group of contributors evaluate government policies and practices and make suggestions for improvements.

Table of Contents:
Foreword: Practical measures for implementing the Habitat Agenda in the 21st Century -- Michael Mutter
Preface: Key urban facts - the series and this book -- Nick Hall
Building sustainable human settlements: an editorial introduction -- Carole Rakodi and Sam Romaya
Part 1 Urban environmental management, employment and housing
Housing and industry in Lahore, Pakistan: good or bad neighbours? -- Rizwan Hameed and Jeremy Raemaekers
Urban growth and development in Shanghai: towards responsive institutional arrangements for environmental planning and management -- David Shaw, Peter J.B.Brown, David W. Massey and Xiangrong Wang
Rational environmental decision making: some lessons from Thailand's EIA experience -- Oparim Pimchaeron and David Shaw
The effects of home-based enterprises on the residential environment in developing countries -- Graham Tipple, Justine Coulson and Peter Kellett
Part 2 Achieving institutional, social and cultural sustainability:
Environments of harmony and social conflict: the role of the environment in the defusion of urban violence in Medellin, Colombia -- Peter Brand
Building sustainable capacity for urban poverty reduction -- Carole Rakodi
The role of civil society in housing policy development: some lessons from Southern Africa -- Paul Jenkins
Community empowerment and social sustainability in Florianópolis, Brazil -- Denise Martins Lopes and Carole Rakodi
When the state cannot cope: community self management? The case of Rincón Grande de Pavas in San José de Costa Rica, Central America -- Harry Smith
Cultural continuity: comparing the Fereej system and modern housing development in Hofuf, Saudi Arabia -- Mashary A. Al-Naim
Part 3 Sustainable urban development processes: Incremental transformations for sustainable urban settlements -- Sam Romaya
Good practice in core area development: combating poverty through a participatory approach -- Tony Lloyd-Jones and Sarah Carmona

Ambitious aims, persistent problems: An evaluation of low income urban housing policy in Iran -- M.R. Dallalpour Mohammadi
Developing appropriate housing standards and procedures -- Theo Schilderman and Lucky Lowe
Public/private partnerships in urban land development -- Geoffrey Payne
Conclusion: some building blocks for sustainable human settlements -- Carole Rakodi


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