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001 2013048224
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008 140210s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aHT243.U6$bB359 2014
082 00 $a307.1/16097526$223
084 $aPOL000000$aPOL002000$aPOL017000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aZeemering, Eric S.
245 10 $aCollaborative strategies for sustainable cities :$beconomy, environment and community in Baltimore /$cEric S. Zeemering.
264 1 $aNew York :$bLondon$bRoutledge, Taylor &Francis Group ,$c2014.
300 $axvi, 159 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge studies in public administration and environmental sustainability ;$v2
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 141-156) and index.
520 $a"Baltimore, like many other cities around the globe, is redesigning local government policy and programs in order to become a more sustainable city. Sustainability, as a concept guiding public action, encourages city officials to integrate policy and programs addressing the economic, environmental, and social health of the community. City governments, including Baltimore, have adopted plans to integrate this new priority into local policy and program management. Reorienting city policy and programs to address an emergent concern like sustainability requires collaboration between city government and various actors and organizations in the community. Collaborative Strategies for Sustainable Cities examines how cities define sustainability and form policy implementation networks to integrate sustainability into city programs. Using the city of Baltimore to describe and analyze the involvement of the participants in local sustainability efforts in rich detail, Eric S. Zeemering argues that when we think about the sustainable city, the city government is not the best unit of analysis for our investigations or policy planning. Instead, policy networks within cities carve out slices of a sustainability agenda, define sustainability in their own ways, and form implementation networks with city government officials, neighborhood and community organizations, funders, and state and federal agencies in order to achieve specific goals. When cities begin to integrate sustainability into policies and programs, surveying and understanding competing definitions of sustainability within the community may be central to their success. The book's rich array of data, including qualitative data from elite interviews and public documents, Q-methodology and social network analysis will make for an engaging read to scholars of political science or public affairs as well as the interested citizen or policy advocate"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aSustainable urban development$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 0 $aUrban ecology (Sociology)$zMaryland$zBaltimroe.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEnvironmental aspects$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 0 $aCity planning$xSocial aspects$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 0 $aCity planning$xEconomic aspects$zMaryland$zBaltimore.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / General.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.$2bisacsh