Integrating City Planning and Environmental Improvement

Gert De Roo, Edited by Donald Miller

• Contents: Introduction: integrating environmental quality improvement and city planning, D. Miller and G. de Roo. National Policy for Integrating Environment and Spatial Planning: Towards urban environmental quality in The Netherlands, M. van den Berg; Environment and space: towards more cohesion in environmental and spatial policy, J.A. van Staalduine and M.T.T. Simons; A United States perspective on the Dutch government's approach to seeking greater cohesion in environmental and spatial policy, H. Blanco; Commentary on 'spatial and environmental integration', A. Dal Cin; Strategies for protecting environmental quality in the spatial planning law of Austria, A. Kanonier. Regional Approaches to Integration: Effectiveness of interjurisdictional growth management: integrated local, regional and state planning in Washington State, USA, R. Piro; ROM-Rijnmond: programme management in practice, A. Dijkstra; Environmental enhancement by the Environment Agency in South East England, H.R. Howes; Sustainable management of the physical component of urban ecosystems: the Malaysian perspective, J.J Periera and I. Komoo. City-wide Approaches to Integration: Environmental protection in the free state of Saxony and the 'Ecological City' model project, A. Vaatz; Lessons from an adaptation of the Dutch model for Integrated Environmental Zoning (IEZ) in Brooklyn, NYC, H. Blanco; Urban development and the role of strategic environmental policy planning: experiences with the first generation of plans in The Netherlands, F.H.J.M. Coenen. Focusing on Integration at the Neighbourhood Level: Ecological renewal of post-war neighbourhoods: problems and solutions, A. Bus; CiBoGa site Groningen: a breakthrough in environmental quality in the densely-populated city, M. de Maaré and E. Zinger; Sustainable downtown urban renewal: redefining Yonge Street, J. Oosterveld; Urban strategies for the 21st century: Zuid-Oost Industrial Terrain, Groningen, C. Moller; The right place for the environment: a method for area-oriented environmental policy, A. Schreuders and E. Hoeflaak. Employing Indicators and Analysis to Achieve Integration: Design and use of urban sustainability indicators in physical planning - a view from Cascadia, D. Miller; A case for local environmental indicators: participation in Quito, Ecuador, S. D. Vásconez; The city bubble: a framework for the integration of environment, economy and spatial planning, V.M. Sol, J. de Boer, F.H Oosterhuis, J.F. Feenstra and H. Verbruggen; An endeavour at integration in environmental analysis and planning, M. Partidário and H. Voogd; Households, sustainability and environmental quality, A.J.M. Schoot Uiterkamp, K.J. Noorman and W. Biestiot; Managing information: urban environments and the internet, H. Srinivas; Index.

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