Planificación urbana

 The urban environment and local governance has been accorded unparalleled attention in the recent international debate on development. UNCED, the 1992 Earth Summit, will be remembered as the conference in which the world acknowledged the importance of the environment for social and economic development. UNCED also recognised the potential of the SCP as a vehicle for implementing Agenda 21 at the city level, and recommended strengthening its role in this regard.

This is the first of a series of three volumes of Source Books on Environmental Planning and Management (EPM). Volume 1, "Implementing the Urban Environment Agenda" is a carefully designed, user-friendly guide on how to carry out each stage in the process of developing urban environmental priorities, strategies and action plans. Based on the experiences of more than 450 city practitioners and partners from more than 75 cities and 20 international support programmes, the book is illustrated with examples of city practices drawn from almost 50 specially-commissioned case studies.

The Eco2 Cities approach is a point of departure for cities that would like to reap the many benefits of ecological and economic sustainability. It provides an analytical and operational framework that offers strategic guidance to cities on sustainable and integrated urban development. At the same time case studies are used throughout the book to provide a matter-of-fact and ground-level perspective.

Más de dos tercios de la población en Europa vive en zonas urbanas, y la influencia de las ciudades sobrepasa sus límites geográficos con impactos a escala regional y mundial mediante la demanda de recursos naturales, la generación de residuos y las emisones al agua, aire y suelo. La huella ecológica de una ciudad puede ser más de cien veces superior al área que ocupa.
Organismo promotor:AGENCIA EUROPEA DE MEDIO AMBIENTE